What is different between .Render and partial?

[moorereason]

Two previous threads:

Hugo Theme Engine: `{{ .render }} ` vs `{{ partial }}`

I am wondering what the real difference is, between including reusable html snippets in a hugo page tempate when using something like {{ .Render "single-item" }} vs using something like {{ partial "pagination.html" $paginator }} As far as I can tell, the single-item is a file that goes by the name ofsingle-item.html and that resides in the \_default folder, whereas pagination.html is a file that goes by the name of pagination.html and that resides in the \partial folder. I am seeing this co…

Documentation: render vs. .Render

Why are there two versions of the command? In I read: Syntax: render LAYOUT but the example is: .Render "summary" I use it a lot this way but now I wonder why the documentation is talking about “render”. Can someone shed light on this?