different between petition vs exhibit
petition
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??t?.??n/
Noun
petition (plural petitions)
- A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
- A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
- (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
- A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.
Translations
Verb
petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)
- (transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.
Translations
petition From the web:
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- what petitioner means
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- what petition was sent to king george
- what petitions do
exhibit
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)
- (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- (transitive) To demonstrate.
- (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- (intransitive) To put on a public display.
- (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)
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited.
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- (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)
- past participle of exhibir
exhibit From the web:
- what exhibit mean
- what exhibits are open at the bronx zoo
- what exhibits the tyndall effect
- what exhibits hydrogen bonding
- what exhibits the highest phagocytic activity
- what exhibits parabolic motion
- what exhibits are open in las vegas
- what exhibits dipole-dipole intermolecular forces
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