Espouse vs. Expound

Espouseverb

(transitive) To become/get married to.

Espouseverb

(transitive) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Espouseverb

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

Espouseverb

To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Espouseverb

To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.

Espouseverb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

Espouseverb

take in marriage

Espouseverb

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

Espouseverb

adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)

Espouseverb

marry

Espouseverb

(of a woman) be engaged to (a particular man)

Expoundverb

(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length

Expoundverb

(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.

Expoundverb

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

Expoundverb

To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Expoundverb

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;

Expoundverb

state;

Expoundverb

present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail

Expoundverb

explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work)