The difference between Apply and Render

When used as verbs, apply means to lay or place, whereas render means to cause to become.


Render is also noun with the meaning: stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).

check bellow for the other definitions of Apply and Render

  1. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

    Examples:

    "to apply cream to a rash"

  2. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote

    Examples:

    "to apply funds to the repayment of a debt"

  3. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case

  4. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

  5. Apply as a verb (transitive):

    To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

  6. Apply as a verb (intransitive):

    To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

    Examples:

    "I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender."

    "Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into."

    "Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs."

  7. Apply as a verb (intransitive):

    To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

    Examples:

    "That rule only applies to foreigners."

  8. Apply as a verb (obsolete):

    To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

  9. Apply as a verb (obsolete):

    To visit.

  1. Apply as an adjective:

  1. Render as a verb (ditransitive):

    To cause to become.

    Examples:

    "The shot rendered her [[immobile]]."

  2. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

    Examples:

    "The pianist rendered the [[w:BeethovBeethoven]] sonata beautifully."

  3. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To translate into another language.

    Examples:

    "to render Latin into English"

  4. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To pass down.

    Examples:

    "'render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)"

  5. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To make over as a return.

    Examples:

    "They had to render the estate."

  6. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To give; to give back; to deliver.

    Examples:

    "'render aid; render money"

    "to render an account of what really happened"

  7. Render as a verb:

    to give up; to yield; to surrender.

  8. Render as a verb (transitive, computer graphics):

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

    Examples:

    "'rendering images"

  9. Render as a verb (transitive):

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

  10. Render as a verb (transitive):

    To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

    Examples:

    "'rendering of fat into soap"

  11. Render as a verb (intransitive, cooking):

    For fat to drip off meat from cooking.

    Examples:

    "Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking."

  12. Render as a verb (construction):

    To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

    Examples:

    "to render with [[stucco]]"

  13. Render as a verb (nautical):

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

    Examples:

    "A rope renders well, that is, passes freely."

  14. Render as a verb (nautical):

    To yield or give way.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  15. Render as a verb (obsolete):

    To return; to pay back; to restore.

  16. Render as a verb (obsolete):

    To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

  1. Render as a noun:

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

  2. Render as a noun (computer graphics):

    A digital image produced by rendering a model.

    Examples:

    "A low-resolution render might look blocky."

  3. Render as a noun (obsolete):

    A surrender.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  4. Render as a noun (obsolete):

    A return; a payment of rent.

  5. Render as a noun (obsolete):

    An account given; a statement.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Render as a noun:

    One who rends.

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