Exposition vs Exhibition - What's the difference?
exposition | exhibition | Related terms |
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
The act of declaring]] or [[describe, describing something through either speech or writing.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
(writing) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(writing) An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.
(music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
A large scale public showing of objects or products.
(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:
Exhibition is a related term of exposition.
As nouns the difference between exposition and exhibition
is that exposition is the action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight while exhibition is an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.exposition
English
(wikipedia exposition)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* expositional * expositionarySee also
* explanation * exegesis ----exhibition
English
(wikipedia exhibition)Noun
(en noun)- There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
- a boat exhibition
- 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.