Spectacle vs Exhibit - What's the difference?
spectacle | exhibit |
Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
An exciting exhibition, performance or event.
An embarrassing situation
(usually, in the plural) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
(figuratively) An aid to the intellectual sight.
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(obsolete) A spyglass; a looking-glass.
The brille of a snake.
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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, title= (legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
To put on a public display.
(medicine) To administer as a remedy.
An instance of .
That which is .
A public showing; an exhibition.
(legal) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
As nouns the difference between spectacle and exhibit
is that spectacle is something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant while exhibit is an instance of.As a verb exhibit is
to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.spectacle
Noun
(en noun)- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- He made a spectacle out of himself
- Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see.
Synonyms
* (optical instrument) glasses, eyeglasses, specsExternal links
* * ----exhibit
English
Verb
(en verb)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.}}
Synonyms
* display, show, show off * (demonstrate) demonstrate, show * (present for inspection)Noun
(en noun)- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.