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Render vs Dither - What's the difference?

render | dither |

In obsolete terms the difference between render and dither

is that render is an account given; a statement while dither is to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.

In computer graphics terms the difference between render and dither

is that render is an produced by rendering a model while dither is to render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.

As verbs the difference between render and dither

is that render is to cause to become while dither is to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.

As nouns the difference between render and dither

is that render is a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls while dither is the state of being undecided.

render

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* rendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause to become.
  • * , chapter=7
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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.
    • ----

    dither

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being undecided.
  • * 2002 , Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago , page 59:
  • *:Everyone was in a dither'''; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a '''dither'''. '''Dither was a foreign concept to her.
  • A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
  • To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, '' Indian Reform: At Last
  • *:The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
  • To do something nervously.
  • (computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.

    • Derived terms

    * ditherer

    Anagrams

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