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Exhibit or Appendix - What's the difference?

exhibit | appendix |

As nouns the difference between exhibit and appendix

is that exhibit is an instance of exhibiting while appendix is something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

As a verb exhibit

is to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

exhibit

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • To demonstrate.
  • *, chapter=13
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
  • (legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
  • To put on a public display.
  • (medicine) To administer as a remedy.

    • Synonyms

    * display, show, show off * (demonstrate) demonstrate, show * (present for inspection)

    Related terms

    * exhibition * exhibitionist * exhibitor * inhibit * prohibit

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of .
  • That which is .
  • A public showing; an exhibition.
    • The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
  • (legal) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
    • Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

    Synonyms

    * (instance of exhibiting) showing * (public showing) exhibition, exposition, show

    External links

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    appendix

    English

    (wikipedia appendix)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
  • *, vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
    • idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […].
  • Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text.
  • (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ without known use that can become inflamed.

    • Usage notes

    The correct plural of depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, the plural is usually stated as appendices, although often as appendixes. Either is correct in standard usage. In the sense of the organ, appendixes is the only plural. Compare vacuum, which can pluralize to vacua or vacuums depending on the meaning.

    Derived terms

    * appendical * appendicitis * appendectomy