exposition vs statement

exposition

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

  • The abandonment of an unwanted child. 

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

  • 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 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. 

statement

noun
  • A presentation of opinion or position. 

  • A declaration or remark. 

  • An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call. 

  • A document that summarizes financial activity. 

verb
  • To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs. 

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