Give vs. Render — What's the Difference?

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)

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

Cause or allow (someone or something) to have or experience (something); provide with

Cause to be or become; make

Carry out or perform (a specified action)

Represent or depict artistically

Yield as a product or result

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

Concede (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone)

Melt down (fat) in order to clarify it

State or put forward (information or argument)

Cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster

Alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break

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

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure

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

To make a present of

To give or make available; provide

To place in the hands of; pass

To give in return or by obligation

To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay

To deliver or pronounce formally

To let go for a price; sell

To surrender or relinquish; yield

To administer

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

To convey by a physical action

To cause to become; make

To inflict as punishment

To represent in verbal form; depict

To bestow, especially officially; confer

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

To accord or tender to another

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

To put temporarily at the disposal of

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

To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason

To arrange

To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance

To express in another language or form; translate

To endure the loss of; sacrifice

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

To devote or apply completely

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

To furnish or contribute

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

To offer in good faith; pledge

(ditransitive) To cause to become.

To allot as a portion or share.

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

To bestow (a name, for example).

(transitive) To translate into another language.

To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.

(transitive) To pass down.

To award as due

(transitive) To make over as a return.

To emit or utter

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

To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use

To give up; to yield; to surrender.

To proffer to another

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

To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with another person.

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

To perform for an audience

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

To present to view

To have fat drip off meat from cooking.

To offer as entertainment

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

To propose as a toast.

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

To be a source of; afford

(nautical) To yield or give way.

To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition)

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

To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase

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

To yield or produce

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

To bring forth or bear

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

To produce as a result of calculation

(obsolete) A surrender.

To manifest or show

(obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

To carry out (a physical movement)

(obsolete) An account given; a statement.

To permit one to have or take

One who rends.

To take an interest to the extent of

One who rends.

To make gifts or donations

A surrender.

To yield to physical force

A return; a payment of rent.

To collapse from force or pressure

An account given; a statement.

To yield to change

To return; to pay back; to restore.

To afford access or a view; open

To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

(Slang) To be in progress; happen

To give up; to yield; to surrender.

Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.

Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

The quality or condition of resilience; springiness

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

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

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

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

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

To make a present or gift of.

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 pledge.

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

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

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

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

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.

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

Cause to become;

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

Provide or furnish with;

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

Give an interpretation or rendition of;

(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

Give or supply;

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

Pass down;

To provide a view of.

Make over as a return;

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

Give back;

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To surrender someone or something to another;

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

Show in, or as in, a picture;

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

Coat with plastic or cement;

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

Bestow;

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

Restate (words) from one language into another language;

To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.

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

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; what gives?

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; - used principally in the passive form given.

To allow or admit by way of supposition.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

To pledge; as, to give one's word.

To cause; to make; - with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

To give a gift or gifts.

To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

To become soft or moist.

To move; to recede.

To shed tears; to weep.

To have a misgiving.

To open; to lead.

The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;

Be the cause or source of;

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody;

Convey or reveal information;

Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;

Organize or be responsible for;

Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture;

Give as a present; make a gift of;

Bring about;

Dedicate;

Give or supply;

Tell or deposit (information) knowledge;

Bring about;

Leave with; give temporarily;

Emit or utter;

Endure the loss of;

Place into the hands or custody of;

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;

Give (as medicine);

Give or convey physically;

Bestow;

Bestow, especially officially;

Move in order to make room for someone for something;

Give food to;

Contribute to some cause;

Break down, literally or metaphorically;

Estimate the duration or outcome of something;

Execute and deliver;

Deliver in exchange or recompense;

Afford access to;

Present to view;

Perform for an audience;

Be flexible under stress of physical force;

Propose;

Legal use: accord by verdict;

Manifest or show;

Offer in good faith;

Submit for consideration, judgment, or use;

Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion;

Allow to have or take;

Inflict as a punishment;

Occur;

Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man;

Proffer (a body part);