Diffusion vs Render - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between diffusion and render

is that diffusion is diffusion (physics: the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation) while render is a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls or render can be one who rends.

As a verb render is

to cause to become.

diffusion

English

Noun

(en noun)

the act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion

(physics) the scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium

(physics) the intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation

the spread of cultural or linguistic practices, or social institutions, in one or more communities

(physics, weather) Exchange of airborne media between regions in space in an apparently random motion of a small scale.

the movement of water vapor from regions of high concentration (high water vapor pressure) toward regions of lower concentration.

render

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* rendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)

To cause to become.

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To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus

To translate into another language.

to render Latin into English

To pass down.

To make over as a return.

To give; to give back.

to render an account of what really happened

* I. Watts

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.

to give up; to yield; to surrender.

* Shakespeare

I'll make her render up her page to me.

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

To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.

To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

(cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.

(construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement or plaster.

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

(nautical) To yield or give way.

(Totten)

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

* Spenser

whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may

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

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 41

I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

Synonyms

* (fat dripping) render off

Derived terms

* (computer graphics) renderer, rendering

Noun

(en noun)

A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.

(computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model.

A low-resolution render might look blocky.

(obsolete) A surrender.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.

* Blackstone

In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.

(obsolete) An account given; a statement.

(Shakespeare)

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

One who rends.

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