Instance and Exhibit

instance

An occurrence of something.
- usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
- synonyms: case, example
An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
- usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
- synonyms: example, illustration, representative

(n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.
(n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
(n.) Occasion; order of occurrence.
(n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
(v.t.) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
(n.) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
(v.i.) To give an example.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

exhibit

An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence.
Something shown to the public.
- usage: "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
- synonyms: display, showing

Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill.
- usage: "he exhibits a great talent"
To show, make visible or apparent.
- usage: "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
- synonyms: expose, display
Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
- usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- synonyms: show, demo, present, demonstrate
Walk ostentatiously.
- usage: "She parades her new husband around town"
- synonyms: parade, march

(n.) Any article or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
(v.t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
(v.t.) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
(v.t.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
(n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary