Cover
Cover verb - To place a protective layer over.
Usage example: better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer
Expose
Expose verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked
How words are described
| real | real cover | real expose |
| new | new cover | new expose |
| said | said cover | said expose |
| recent | recent cover | recent expose |
Common collocations
| body | cover body | expose body |
| chest | cover chest | expose chest |
| parts | cover parts | expose parts |
| fact | cover fact | expose fact |
| Other words: skin, legs, activities, breasts, weaknesses. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Surprisingly, Wobbofett didn't do very much to ruin the act (which you'd think he would) until the very end when when he goes to the extreme to blow Meowth's cover and expose all of Team Rocket for the phonies they are.
Source: Totem Pole Trench -
Where they come from or what they cover up will be the thing The Hero sets out to expose.
Source: Bread and Circuses -
It's up to player if they decide to cover for the real culprit or to expose the truth.
Cite this Source
Expose and Cover. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/expose
Cover & Expose. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/expose>.
Expose or Cover. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cover/expose.
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