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Rendition vs Rendering - What's the difference?

rendition | rendering |

As nouns the difference between rendition and rendering

is that rendition is the surrender (of a city, fortress etc.) while rendering is version; translation.

As verbs the difference between rendition and rendering

is that rendition is to surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another while rendering is present participle of lang=en.

rendition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
  • * 2011 , Ian Cobain, The Guardian , 30 Mar 2011:
    • Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials.
  • An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
  • * 2011 , Paul Lester, The Guardian , 12 Apr 2011:
    • The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.
  • A given visual reproduction of something.

    • Related terms

    * render

    See also

    * extradition

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially , for one jurisdiction to do so to another.
  • * 2007 , Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275991687, page 60,
    • Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "rendition")

    Anagrams

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    rendering

    English

    (Webster 1828)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Version; translation.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • Sketch, illustration, or painting.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • References

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