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Imperil vs Expone - What's the difference?

imperil | expone |

As verbs the difference between imperil and expone

is that imperil is to put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard while expone is (obsolete|uk|or|scotland) to expound; to explain.

imperil

English

Verb

(British) (en-verb) (US)
  • To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
    • "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering , June 2006
  • To risk.

    • Related terms

    * imperilment

    expone

    English

    Verb

    (expon)
  • (obsolete, UK, or, Scotland) To expound; to explain.
    • (Drummond)
  • (obsolete, UK, or, Scotland) To expose; to imperil.
    • (Webster 1913) ----