abridge vs edit

abridge

verb
  • Cut short; truncate. 

  • To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. 

  • To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. 

  • To curtail. 

edit

verb
  • To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene. 

  • To change the contents of a file, website, etc. 

  • To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. 

  • To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing. 

  • To lend itself to editing in a certain way. 

  • To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage. 

  • To be the editor of a publication. 

  • To change a text, or a document. 

noun
  • A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. 

  • An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing. 

  • An interruption or change to an improvised scene. 

  • An edited piece of media, especially video footage. 

  • A change to the text of a document. 

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