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Exhibit vs Exert - What's the difference?

exhibit | exert |

As verbs the difference between exhibit and exert

is that exhibit is to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest while exert is to put in vigorous action.

As a noun exhibit

is an instance of exhibiting.

exhibit

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
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    • , 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.
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    • , 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

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    exert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put in vigorous action.
  • To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=18 April, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona , passage=Di Matteo clearly saw Drogba's power as a potential threat to a Barcelona defence stripped of Gerard Pique - but he barely caught sight of goal in a first 45 minutes in which the Catalans exerted their technical superiority.}}