different between proclamation vs exhibition

English

Etymology

From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, from the verb Latin pr?cl?m?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: proc?la?ma?tion

Noun

proclamation (countable and uncountable, plural proclamations)

1. A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

Related terms

• proclaim

Translations

Anagrams

• prolactinoma

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, procl?m?ti?nem, from Latin procl?m?.

Pronunciation

Noun

proclamation f (plural proclamations)

1. proclamation; announcement

Related terms

• proclamer

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).