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tell vs expose

expose vs tell

tell is not a noun while expose is a noun.

tell and expose both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tell No No Yes No
expose Yes No Yes No
As verbs, expose is a hyponym of tell; that is, expose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tell:
  • tell: let something be known
  • expose: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Other hyponyms of tell include digress, divagate, stray, wander, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal, break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap, spill, talk, air, bare, publicise, publicize, ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, propagandise, propagandize, announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald, give, impart, leave, pass on.
tell (noun) expose (noun)
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
tell (verb) expose (verb)
discern or comprehend abandon by leaving out in the open air
mark as different expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
let something be known make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
narrate or give a detailed account of put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
give evidence to show, make visible or apparent
express in words expose to light, of photographic film
inform positively and with certainty and confidence expose or make accessible to some action or influence
reveal to view as by removing a cover
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