exhibit vs exposition

exhibit

noun
  • A public showing; an exhibition. 

  • An article formally introduced as evidence in a court. 

  • That which is exhibited. 

  • An instance of exhibiting. 

verb
  • To put on a public display. 

  • To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence. 

  • To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. 

  • To demonstrate. 

  • To administer as a remedy. 

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 exhibit and exposition occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )