ASP.NET MVC 2.0 - Difference between RenderPartial and RenderAction

Question

I am trying to understand the difference between a RenderPartial and RenderAction. I guess that RenderPartial is like a UserControl and RenderAction is like a server-side i

Answer 1

RenderPartial specifies a partial view and passes a model to it.

RenderAction specifies a controller and an action, any model data will be gathered by the controller.

This is quite a good explanation