addendum vs retrofit

addendum

noun
  • Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. 

  • The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line. 

  • A postscript. 

retrofit

noun
  • A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

  • An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting. 

verb
  • To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize. 

  • Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”) 

  • To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances. 

  • To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

  • To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc. 

How often have the words addendum and retrofit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )