exhibition vs exposition

exhibition

noun
  • A large-scale public showing of objects or products. 

  • An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. 

  • A demonstration of personal skill or feelings. 

  • 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. 

  • A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition. 

  • A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative, a shameful exhibition or a disgusting exhibition 

exposition

noun
  • An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public. 

  • The abandonment of an unwanted child. 

  • The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements. 

  • An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail. 

  • An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed. 

  • The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue. 

  • The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight. 

How often have the words exhibition and exposition occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )