Melt vs. Render — What's the Difference?

Make or become liquefied by heat

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

Make or become more tender or loving

Cause to be or become; make

Leave or disappear unobtrusively

Represent or depict artistically

An act or period of melting

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

To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

Melt down (fat) in order to clarify it

To dissolve

Cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster

To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving

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

To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else

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

To become softened in feeling

To give or make available; provide

(Obsolete) To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.

To give in return or by obligation

To change (a solid) to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.

To deliver or pronounce formally

To dissolve

To surrender or relinquish; yield

To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.

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

To cause (units) to blend

To cause to become; make

To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.

To represent in verbal form; depict

A melted solid; a fused mass.

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

The state of being melted.

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

The act or operation of melting.

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

The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.

To arrange

A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese

To express in another language or form; translate

Molten material, the product of melting.

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

The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.

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

The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.

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

A melt sandwich.

(ditransitive) To cause to become.

(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.

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

A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.

(transitive) To translate into another language.

An idiot.

(transitive) To pass down.

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

(transitive) To make over as a return.

To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

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

To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

To give up; to yield; to surrender.

(intransitive) To be discouraged.

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

To be emotionally softened or touched.

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

To be very hot and sweat profusely.

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

See 2d Milt.

To have fat drip off meat from cooking.

To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.

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

To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

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

To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

(nautical) To yield or give way.

To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

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

To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

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

To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.

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

To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.

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

The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;

(obsolete) A surrender.

Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating;

(obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

Become or cause to become soft or liquid;

(obsolete) An account given; a statement.

Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;

One who rends.

Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;

One who rends.

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly;

A surrender.

Become less intense and fade away gradually;

A return; a payment of rent.

An account given; a statement.

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;