Exposed vs Patulous - What's the difference?
exposed | patulous |
Vulnerable, susceptible.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (expose)
open; spread; exposed
* 1846 , The Medical Times (volume 13, page 374)
As adjectives the difference between exposed and patulous
is that exposed is vulnerable, susceptible while patulous is open; spread; exposed.As a verb exposed
is past tense of expose.exposed
English
Adjective
(head)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed' to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
Verb
(head)patulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The foramen ovale was patulous — the opening about four lines in diameter.