reform vs rework

reform

verb
  • To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better 

  • To form again or in a new configuration. 

  • to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal 

  • To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits 

noun
  • The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it 

rework

verb
  • To redo, correct, or rebuild. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • An instance of reworking. 

  • The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding. 

  • Something redone, corrected or rebuilt. 

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