Difference between Expounding and Exposition

What is the difference between Expounding and Exposition?

Expounding as a verb is to set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length while Exposition as a noun is the action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.

Expounding

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length

Exposition

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.The act of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing.The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.A technique used in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.The first section of a fugue or other work in sonata-form

Example sentence: When Shakespeare begins his exposition thus he generally at first makes people talk about the hero, but keeps the hero himself for some time out of sight, so that we await his entrance with curiosity, and sometimes with anxiety.

We hope you now know whether to use Expounding or Exposition in your sentence.

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