different between jeopardy vs exposure

English

Etymology

From Middle English jupartie, jeopardie (“even chance”), from Old French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus part?tus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + part?tus, perfect passive participle of parti? (“divide”); see joke and party.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???p?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???p?di/

Noun

jeopardy (usually uncountable, plural jeopardies)

1. Danger of loss, harm, or failure.

   The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.

   • 2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Introduction, p.4

     It seemed to me I could do something in that vein with my characters: the ticking clock, dire jeopardy, quick changes of fortune, small acts having huge consequences.

Synonyms

• danger
• hazard
• peril
• risk
• gamble

Derived terms

• double jeopardy
• jeopard
• jeopardize

Translations

Verb

jeopardy (third-person singular simple present jeopardies, present participle jeopardying, simple past and past participle jeopardied)

1. (transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.

References

Further reading

• jeopardy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• jeopardy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

expose +? -ure

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?spo???/

Noun

exposure (countable and uncountable, plural exposures)

2. (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected.

3. (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
   • 1993, Paul Chadwick, The Ugly Boy, Dark Horse Books

     As all of you know, a great tragedy occurred yesterday. Arthur Harcourt died of exposure sometimes in the morning in the woods off Mount Tom Road.

4. The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
5. (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.

7. (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
8. (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.
9. (photography) Details of the time and f-number used.
10. (horticulture) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site.

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