different between gallery vs exhibit

English

Etymology

From Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æl??i/
• Hyphenation: gal?le?ry

Noun

gallery (plural galleries)

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
4. (law) The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
5. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
6. The spectators of an event, collectively.
7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

   a gallery of image thumbnails

   a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
9. (mining) a level or drive in a mine.

Derived terms

Related terms

• gallerist

Translations

Verb

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off

Further reading

• gallery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• gallery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• gallery at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• allergy, largely, regally

English

Etymology

From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibe? (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habe? (“I have, hold”); see habit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• Rhymes: -?b?t
• Hyphenation: ex?hib?it

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.

5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
• (present for inspection):

Related terms

• exhibition
• exhibitionist
• exhibitor
• Exhibit A
• inhibit
• prohibit

Translations

Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

1. An instance of exhibiting.
2. That which is exhibited.
3. A public showing; an exhibition.

   The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.

4. (law) 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

Translations

Further reading

• exhibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.zi?bit/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e?.zi?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

exhibit m (feminine exhibida, masculine plural exhibits, feminine plural exhibides)

1. past participle of exhibir