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Exhibition vs Showcase - What's the difference?

exhibition | showcase |

As nouns the difference between exhibition and showcase

is that exhibition is an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited while showcase is a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.

As a verb showcase is

to display, demonstrate, show, or present.

exhibition

English

(wikipedia exhibition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
  • A large scale public showing of objects or products.
    • There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
    a boat exhibition
  • (UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 352:
    • He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.

    Derived terms

    * exhibitionism * make an exhibition of oneself

    Related terms

    * exposition

    showcase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
  • A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

    • Synonyms

    * (case for displaying) vitrine, display case * (setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect) flagship (especially of a store)

    Verb

    (showcas)
  • To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
  • :I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.
  • * 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, The Wall Street Journal :
    • Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.