"show" and "display"

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Postby Alan » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:37 am

'Show' is the simpler of the two, and means 'allow to see', as in

Show me your hands!

'Display' means specifically 'show publicly/ set out in order that a large number of people may see', as in

The merchants were displaying their wares at the old market.
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