edit vs rework

edit

noun
  • An interruption or change to an improvised scene. 

  • 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 edited piece of media, especially video footage. 

  • A change to the text of a document. 

verb
  • 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 cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene. 

  • To be the editor of a publication. 

  • To change a text, or a document. 

rework

noun
  • An instance of reworking. 

  • Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food. 

  • Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed. 

  • The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding. 

  • Something redone, corrected or rebuilt. 

verb
  • To redo, correct, or rebuild. 

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