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Exhibit vs Explore - What's the difference?

exhibit | explore |

In transitive terms the difference between exhibit and explore

is that exhibit is to demonstrate while explore is to (seek) experience first hand.

In intransitive terms the difference between exhibit and explore

is that exhibit is to put on a public display while explore is to wander without any particular aim or purpose.

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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  • To demonstrate.
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  • (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)

    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

    explore

    English

    Verb

    (explor)
  • (obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
  • To examine or investigate something systematically.
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  • To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
  • (medicine) To examine diagnostically.
  • To (seek) experience first hand.
  • To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
  • To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
  • *
  • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored' wherever they were permitted to ' explore , paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    Synonyms

    * (examine or investigate systematically) delve into, research

    Derived terms

    * explorer