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Abduction vs Rendering - What's the difference?

abduction | rendering |

As nouns the difference between abduction and rendering

is that abduction is leading away; a carrying away while rendering is version; translation.

As a verb rendering is

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abduction

Noun

(en noun)
  • Leading away; a carrying away.
  • (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. (rfex)
  • (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
  • * 2005 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction , page 256:
  • The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction , and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.
  • The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
  • the abduction of a child

    Usage notes

    * In Gregg shorthand (version: ) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

    Synonyms

    * (sense) kidnapping * (logic) retroduction * (determining most plausible explanation) retroduction

    Antonyms

    * (physiology) adduction

    Derived terms

    * alien abduction

    References

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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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