exhibit vs show

exhibit and show both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exhibit	Yes	No	Yes	No
show	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, show is a hypernym of exhibit; that is, show is a word with a broader meaning than exhibit:

exhibit: something shown to the public
show: an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment

As verbs, exhibit and show are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of exhibit include demo, demonstrate, present.

As verbs, show is a hypernym of exhibit; that is, show is a word with a broader meaning than exhibit:

As verbs, show is a hypernym of exhibit; that is, show is a word with a broader meaning than exhibit:

exhibit (noun)	show (noun)
something shown to the public	an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence	pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
	something intended to communicate a particular impression

exhibit (verb)	show (verb)
walk ostentatiously	establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
give an exhibition of to an interested audience	provide evidence for
to show, make visible or apparent	indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill	give expression to
	give evidence of, as of records
	indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
	finish third or better in a horse or dog race
	show in, or as in, a picture
	take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
	make visible or noticeable
	be or become visible or noticeable
	give an exhibition of to an interested audience