Disclose vs. Expose

Discloseverb

To open up, unfasten.

Exposeverb

(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.

Discloseverb

(transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.

Exposeverb

(transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

Discloseverb

(transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

Exposeverb

(transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

Disclosenoun

(obsolete) A disclosure.

Exposeverb

To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.

Discloseverb

To unclose; to open; - applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

‘The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.’;

Exposeverb

To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

Discloseverb

To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

‘The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.’;

Exposeverb

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

‘Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined.’;

Discloseverb

To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.

‘How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!’; ‘Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.’;

Exposeverb

To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

‘Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.’;

Discloseverb

To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

‘If I disclose my passion,Our friendship 's an end.’;

Exposeverb

To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

‘You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices.’;

Disclosenoun

Disclosure.

Exposeverb

To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

Discloseverb

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

‘The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold’; ‘The actress won't reveal how old she is’; ‘bring out the truth’; ‘he broke the news to her’;

Exposenoun

A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Discloseverb

disclose to view as by removing a cover;

‘The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set’;

Exposenoun

the exposure of an impostor or a fraud;

‘he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government’;

Disclose

Disclose were a Japanese punk rock band from Kōchi City, heavily influenced by Discharge. Their sound heavily replicates Discharge's style, with an increased use of fuzz and distortion guitar effects.

Exposeverb

expose or make accessible to some action or influence;

‘Expose your students to art’; ‘expose the blanket to sunshine’;

Exposeverb

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

‘The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold’; ‘The actress won't reveal how old she is’; ‘bring out the truth’; ‘he broke the news to her’;

Exposeverb

to show, make visible or apparent;

‘The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month’; ‘Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?’; ‘National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship’;

Exposeverb

remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;

‘uncover your belly’; ‘The man exposed himself in the subway’;

Exposeverb

disclose to view as by removing a cover;

‘The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set’;

Exposeverb

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Exposeverb

expose to light, of photographic film

Exposeverb

expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;

‘The physicist debunked the psychic's claims’;

Exposeverb

abandon by leaving out in the open air;

‘The infant was exposed by the teenage mother’; ‘After Christmas, many pets get abandoned’;

Exposeverb

make (something) visible by uncovering it

‘at low tide the sands are exposed’;

Exposeverb

unprotected, especially from the weather

‘the coast is very exposed to the south-west’;

Exposeverb

cause someone to be vulnerable or at risk

‘many newcomers are exposing themselves to injury’;

Exposeverb

introduce someone to (a subject or area of knowledge)

‘students were exposed to statistics in high school’;

Exposeverb

publicly and indecently display one's genitals

‘police are hunting a man who exposed himself to a schoolgirl’;

Exposeverb

leave (a child) in the open to die.

Exposeverb

reveal the true, objectionable nature of (someone or something)

‘he has been exposed as a liar and a traitor’;

Exposeverb

make (something embarrassing or damaging) public

‘the situation exposed a conflict within the government’;

Exposeverb

subject (photographic film) to light when operating a camera

‘all over Europe, thousands of miles of film are exposed for holiday snaps’;

Exposenoun

a report in the media that reveals something discreditable

‘a shocking exposé of a medical cover-up’;