Both “rendering” and “rendition” can be used to describe a performance.
e.g. “Talia Robens, 14 years old, gave a lovely rendering of ‘Everything I Know’ from In The Heights.”
“He won the ‘vocal solo hits from the charts’ contest for his superb rendition of ‘All of Me’ by John Legend.”
Both words can also be used to describe a visual or artistic impression of something.
e.g. “As for Carter’s own contributions — which include a papier-mâché rendering of Kahlo’s eerie 1946 self-portrait, ‘The Wounded Deer’ — he won’t say in advance where they’ll be on view.”
“Tolkien conceptualized The Hobbit with a single opening line—‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit’—accompanied by his rendition of Thrór’s Map, which the protagonists would follow on their quest (and for a couple of years, McQuillen noted, that was as far as Tolkien got).”
Both words can be used to describe a translation.
“It is perhaps the latter rendering of the idiom that inspired Nigerian English speakers to replace “silver” with “gold” since gold is more valuable than silver.”
“It’s been said a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put on its shoes. Or, to use a more modern rendition of the phrase, fake news catches fire before the truth can be used to put it out.”
The word “rendering”, but not “rendition”, can be used to describe a coating of plaster applied to a wall, or the action of applying this.
e.g. “The church architects had recommended rendering the outside to prevent water ingress which was causing severe problems including rotting woodwork, damage to the bell ropes and unsafe conditions.”
“The work left the rendering cracked and in a poor condition, along with paint splashed on her windows, door frames, roof, paving and fence panels and on her neighbour’s car.”
Photo credits: Tekke, Don Gunn
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