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Expose vs. Risk

Difference Between Expose and Risk

Expose

make (something) visible by uncovering it
at low tide the sands are exposed
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Risk

In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environment), often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences.
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Expose

reveal the true, objectionable nature of (someone or something)
he has been exposed as a liar and a traitor
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Risk

The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
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Expose

subject (photographic film) to light when operating a camera
all over Europe, thousands of miles of film are exposed for holiday snaps
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Risk

A factor, thing, element, or course involving uncertain danger; a hazard
"the usual risks of the desert.
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Expose

a report in the media that reveals something discreditable
a shocking exposé of a medical cover-up
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Risk

The danger or probability of loss to an insurer.
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Expose

An exposure or a revelation of something discreditable.
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Risk

The amount that an insurance company stands to lose.
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Expose

A formal exposition of facts.
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Risk

The variability of returns from an investment.
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Expose

To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition
exposed themselves to disease.
exposed their children to classical music.
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Risk

The chance of nonpayment of a debt.
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Expose

To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
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Risk

One considered with respect to the possibility of loss
a poor risk.
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Expose

To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm
troops that were exposed to gunfire.
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Risk

To expose to a chance of loss or damage; hazard.
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Expose

To make visible
Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood.
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Risk

To incur the risk of
His action risked a sharp reprisal.
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Expose

To make known (something discreditable).
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Risk

(uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
There is risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.
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Expose

To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of
expose a criminal.
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Risk

(uncountable) The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
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Expose

To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).
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Risk

The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
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Expose

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

(countable) A possible adverse event or outcome.
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Expose

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

(insurance) A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
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Expose

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

(countable) A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
That man is going to be a big risk once he's out of prison.
Those stairs are a major risk.
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Expose

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.
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Risk

A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
A good credit rating indicates the customer is a desirable risk.
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Expose

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

(finance) A financial product (typically an investment).
Subprime mortgages are poor risks; especially for a pension scheme.
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Expose

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.
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Risk

(insurance) An entity insured by an insurer.
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Expose

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.
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Risk

(transitive) To incur risk of (something).
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Expose

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.
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Risk

(transitive) To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
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Expose

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.
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Risk

(transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
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Expose

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

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves.
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Expose

the exposure of an impostor or a fraud;
he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
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Risk

Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
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Expose

expose or make accessible to some action or influence;
Expose your students to art
expose the blanket to sunshine
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Risk

To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
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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;
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
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Risk

To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
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Expose

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
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Risk

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;
drinking alcohol is a health hazard
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Expose

remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;
uncover your belly
The man exposed himself in the subway
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Risk

a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury;
he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
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Expose

disclose to view as by removing a cover;
The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
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Risk

the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
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Expose

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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Risk

the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
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Expose

expose to light, of photographic film
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Risk

expose to a chance of loss or damage;
We risked losing a lot of money in this venture
Why risk your life?
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Expose

expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas;
The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
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Risk

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
When you buy these stocks you are gambling
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Expose

abandon by leaving out in the open air;
The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
After Christmas, many pets get abandoned
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