touch on vs expose

expose vs touch on

touch on is not a noun while expose is a noun.

touch on and expose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
touch on	No	No	Yes	No
expose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expose is a hyponym of touch on; that is, expose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touch on:

touch on: have an effect upon
expose: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Other hyponyms of touch on include strike a blow, repercuss, tell on, redound, excite, stimulate, process, treat, hydrolise, hydrolize, color, colour, distort, tinge, endanger, peril, queer, scupper, hit, strike, subject, bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, act upon, influence, work, slam-dunk.

touch on (noun)	expose (noun)
	the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

touch on (verb)	expose (verb)
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	abandon by leaving out in the open air
have an effect upon	expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
refer to or discuss briefly	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
be relevant to	put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
	remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
	to show, make visible or apparent
	expose to light, of photographic film
	expose or make accessible to some action or influence
	reveal to view as by removing a cover

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