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Presentation vs Exposition - What's the difference?

presentation | exposition | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between presentation and exposition

is that presentation is the act of presenting, or something presented while exposition is the action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.

presentation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia presentation) (en noun)
  • The act of presenting, or something presented
  • * Hooker
  • Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
  • A dramatic performance
  • An award given to someone on a special occasion
  • A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
  • (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
  • (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
  • (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
  • (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
  • The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.
  • * Blackstone
  • If the bishop admits the patron's presentation , the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    exposition

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
  • The act of declaring]] or [[describe, describing something through either speech or writing.
  • (obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
  • (writing) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
  • (writing) An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.
  • (music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
  • Derived terms
    * expositional * expositionary
    See also
    * explanation * exegesis ----