different between exhibition vs revelation

English

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks??b???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

exhibition (countable and uncountable, plural exhibitions)

1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.

   a boat exhibition

3. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative, a shamfeul exhibition or a disgusting exhibition
4. (Britain) 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.

   • 2016, Jonathan Meades, ‘Inside Job’, Literary Review, November:

     Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.

5. (sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Derived terms

• exhibitionism
• exhibitionist
• make an exhibition of oneself
• Exhibition Road

Related terms

• exposition

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhibiti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.zi.bi.sj??/

Noun

exhibition f (plural exhibitions)

1. (sports) exhibition, friendly
2. (document) presentation, production
3. showing off, outrageous behaviour

Derived terms

• match d'exhibition
• exhibitionnisme
• exhibitionniste

Further reading

• “exhibition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin rev?l?ti? (“disclosure”), from rev?l? (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + v?l? (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??le???n/
• Hyphenation: rev?e?la?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

revelation (plural revelations)

1. The act of revealing or disclosing.
2. Something that is revealed.
3. Something dramatically disclosed.
4. (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
5. A great success.

Related terms

• reveal

Translations

Anagrams

• relevation