The difference between Exhibit and Show off
When used as verbs, exhibit means to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest, whereas show off means to exhibit the best attributes of something.
Exhibit is also noun with the meaning: an instance of exhibiting.
check bellow for the other definitions of Exhibit and Show off
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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."
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Exhibit as a verb (transitive):
To demonstrate.
Examples:
"The players exhibited great skill."
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Exhibit as a verb (transitive, legal):
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
Examples:
"I now exhibit this bloody hammer."
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Exhibit as a verb (intransitive):
To put on a public display.
Examples:
"Will you be exhibiting this year?"
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Exhibit as a verb (medicine):
To administer as a remedy.
Examples:
"to exhibit calomel"
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Exhibit as a noun:
An instance of exhibiting.
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Exhibit as a noun:
That which is exhibited.
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Exhibit as a noun:
A public showing; an exhibition.
Examples:
"The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd."
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Exhibit as a noun (legal):
An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Examples:
"Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse."
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Show off as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To exhibit the best attributes of something.
Examples:
"Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front."
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Show off as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic):
To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
Examples:
"She loves to show off her driving prowess."
"She loves to show off when she gets behind the wheel of a car."
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Show off as a noun: