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Vulnerability vs Exposed - What's the difference?

vulnerability | exposed |

As a noun vulnerability

is (uncountable) susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

As an adjective exposed is

vulnerable, susceptible.

As a verb exposed is

(expose).

vulnerability

English

(wikipedia vulnerability)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
    • The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
  • (countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
  • (computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    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)