The difference between Exhibit and Exposition
When used as nouns, exhibit means an instance of exhibiting, whereas exposition means the action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
Exhibit is also verb with the meaning: to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
check bellow for the other definitions of Exhibit and Exposition
-
Exhibit as a verb (transitive):
To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Examples:
"He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards."
-
Exhibit as a verb (transitive):
To demonstrate.
Examples:
"The players exhibited great skill."
-
Exhibit as a verb (transitive, legal):
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
Examples:
"I now exhibit this bloody hammer."
-
Exhibit as a verb (intransitive):
To put on a public display.
Examples:
"Will you be exhibiting this year?"
-
Exhibit as a verb (medicine):
To administer as a remedy.
Examples:
"to exhibit calomel"
-
Exhibit as a noun:
An instance of exhibiting.
-
Exhibit as a noun:
That which is exhibited.
-
Exhibit as a noun:
A public showing; an exhibition.
Examples:
"The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd."
-
Exhibit as a noun (legal):
An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Examples:
"Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse."
-
Exposition as a noun:
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
-
Exposition as a noun (authorship):
The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
Examples:
"This essay has too much exposition in it."
"My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition."
-
Exposition as a noun (obsolete):
The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
-
Exposition as a noun:
An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are open for the public to view.
Examples:
"The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition."
-
Exposition as a noun (authorship):
An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
Examples:
"I turned my research into an exposition on the traditional music of Borneo."
-
Exposition as a noun (authorship):
An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
-
Exposition as a noun (music):
The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
-
Exposition as a noun:
The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.