exposé vs secret

exposé

noun
  • A publication of investigative journalism that reveals hidden and often scandalous truths. 

  • The act of exposing somebody or something; a shameful showing up. 

  • A formal recital or exposition. 

secret

noun
  • A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. 

  • Private seclusion. 

  • The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack. 

  • A form of steel skullcap. 

  • Something not understood or known. 

  • Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant. 

adj
  • Being or kept hidden. 

verb
  • To make or keep secret. 

  • To hide secretly. 

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