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Exposed vs Flaunt - What's the difference?

exposed | flaunt |

As verbs the difference between exposed and flaunt

is that exposed is (expose) while flaunt is (obsolete) to wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

As an adjective exposed

is vulnerable, susceptible.

exposed

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Vulnerable, susceptible.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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)
  • (expose)

    • flaunt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
  • To parade, display with ostentation.
    • She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
  • * 1856 , ,
    • [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
  • * 1897 , ,
    • … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with flout.