Display vs. Render — What's the Difference?

To present to view; cause to be seen

Provide or give (a service, help, etc.)

To exhibit ostentatiously; show off

Cause to be or become; make

To show (images or information) on a screen

Represent or depict artistically

To be or give evidence of; manifest or reveal

Covertly send (a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect) for interrogation abroad; subject to extraordinary rendition.

To spread out; unfurl

Melt down (fat) in order to clarify it

(Biochemistry) To position (a protein, for example) on the surface of a biological entity such as a virus

Cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster

(Zoology) To exhibit a behavioral display.

A first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

The act of displaying.

To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment

Ostentatious exhibition

To give or make available; provide

A public exhibition.

To give in return or by obligation

Objects or merchandise set out for viewing by the public.

To deliver or pronounce formally

A demonstration or manifestation

To surrender or relinquish; yield

(Zoology) A specialized pattern of behavior used to communicate visually, such as the presentation of colors or plumage by male birds as part of courtship or intimidation.

To transfer (a suspect or prisoner) from one country to another by rendition.

An instance of such behavior.

To cause to become; make

An advertisement or headline designed to catch the eye.

To represent in verbal form; depict

An electronic device, such as a computer monitor or cellphone screen, that presents information in a visual form.

To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective.

(Biochemistry) An in vitro method by which genetically engineered proteins are placed on the surface of a biological entity (such as a bacteriophage, yeast, or ribosome) so that the properties of these proteins and those they bind to can be analyzed and manipulated for research purposes.

(Computers) To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.

A show or spectacle.

To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).

A piece of work to be presented visually.

To arrange

A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

To express in another language or form; translate

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating.

(computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.

To coat (brick, for example) with plaster or cement.

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

A payment in kind, services, or cash from a tenant to a feudal lord.

(intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

(ditransitive) To cause to become.

(military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.

(transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.

(transitive) To translate into another language.

(obsolete) To discover; to descry.

(transitive) To pass down.

(obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.

(transitive) To make over as a return.

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

(transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.

To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.

To give up; to yield; to surrender.

To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.

(transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.

To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

(transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

To discover; to descry.

To have fat drip off meat from cooking.

To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.

(construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

(nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

(nautical) To yield or give way.

Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.

(obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.

An electronic device on which the output signal of another electronic device may be presented in a visual form; - also called display device. Typically the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube, as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also used. The printed output from a computer or other device is not considered as a display.

(obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

The output signal from a computer program, displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.

Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).

A pattern of behavior, such as showing a body part to another animal, by which one animal conveys information to another, as for mating or defense.

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

Something intended to communicate a particular impression;

(obsolete) A surrender.

Something shown to the public;

(obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

An electronic device that represents information in visual form

(obsolete) An account given; a statement.

A visual representation of something

One who rends.

Behavior that makes your feelings public;

One who rends.

Exhibiting openly in public view;

A surrender.

To show, make visible or apparent;

A return; a payment of rent.

Make clear and visible;

An account given; a statement.

Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

To return; to pay back; to restore.

To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

To give up; to yield; to surrender.

Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.

To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

To pass; to run; - said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.

A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

Cause to become;

Provide or furnish with;

Give an interpretation or rendition of;

Give or supply;

Pass down;

Make over as a return;

Give back;

To surrender someone or something to another;

Show in, or as in, a picture;

Coat with plastic or cement;

Bestow;

Restate (words) from one language into another language;

Melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities;