Exposition vs. Argumentation — What's the Difference?

A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory

The presentation and elaboration of an argument or arguments.

A large public exhibition of art or trade goods

Deductive reasoning in debate.

The action of making something public

A debate.

A setting forth of meaning or intent.

Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.

A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.

An exchange of arguments

The art or technique of composing such discourses.

The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.

The first part of a composition in sonata form that introduces the themes.

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.

The opening section of a fugue.

Debate; discussion.

The part of a play that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action.

A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

An act or example of exposing.

The methodical process of logical reasoning;

A public exhibition or show, as of artistic or industrial developments.

The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.

(authorship) 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.

(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.

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

(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.

(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.

(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.

The abandonment of an unwanted child.

The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.

Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.

A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.

A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse;