exhibition

Compared meaning: a public display or show (noun).

比较义项：公开展览会（名词）。

• exhibition 本词

  The common, general word for a public display of art, objects or products; used for galleries, trade shows and events of any size.

  这是最常用、最通用的说法，泛指公开展示艺术品、物品或产品，可用于画廊、贸易展等各种规模的场合。

  We visited an art exhibition downtown last weekend.

  上周末我们去市中心参观了一个艺术展览。

• exposition

  A more formal word for a large-scale, often international public exhibition, similar to a world's fair; far less common than exhibition in everyday speech.

  语气更正式，通常指大型、常带国际性质的公开展览，类似“世界博览会”；在日常口语中远不如 exhibition 常用。

  The 1889 exposition in Paris introduced the Eiffel Tower to the world.

  1889年在巴黎举办的博览会向世界展示了埃菲尔铁塔。

Exhibition and exposition both mean a public display. Exhibition is the common word, used for galleries, trade shows, and events of any size. Exposition is more formal, a large-scale, often international exhibition, like a world's fair. Exposition can also mean 'a detailed explanation'; not compared.

这两个词在“公开展览”这一义项上意思相近，但正式程度和规模感不同；exposition 更正式，常指大型、带国际性质的展览。这里不比较 exposition 的“阐述、说明”等其他义项。