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Flaunt vs Exhibit - What's the difference?

flaunt | exhibit |

In transitive terms the difference between flaunt and exhibit

is that flaunt is to parade, display with ostentation while exhibit is to demonstrate.

As verbs the difference between flaunt and exhibit

is that flaunt is to wave or flutter smartly in the wind while exhibit is to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

As a noun exhibit is

an instance of exhibiting.

flaunt

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
  • To parade, display with ostentation.
  • She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
  • * 1856 , ,
  • [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
  • * 1897 , ,
  • … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with flout.

    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.
  • *, chapter=13
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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