different between exposition vs exegete

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ksp??z???n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositio, from exponere (“to put forth”).

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
2. (authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.

3. (obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
4. An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are exhibited for the public to view.

5. (authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.

6. (authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
8. (music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
9. The abandonment of an unwanted child.

Etymology 2

From French exposition (“exhibition”)

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.

Derived terms

• expositional
• expositionary

Related terms

• exhibition

Translations

See also

• explanation
• exegesis

French

Etymology

From Old French esposicion, borrowed from Latin expositio, expositionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spo.zi.sj??/

Noun

exposition f (plural expositions)

1. exposition
2. exhibition
3. exposure

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (ex?g?t?s).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ks?d?i?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ks?d?it/

Noun

exegete (plural exegetes)

1. A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, signs, the words of an oracle, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.
   • 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 94:

     A text that could not speak to the present was dead, and the exegete had a duty to revive it.

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Verb

exegete (third-person singular simple present exegetes, present participle exegeting, simple past and past participle exegeted)

1. (chiefly religion) To interpret; to perform an exegesis.

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