rework vs update

rework

noun
  • Something redone, corrected or rebuilt. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To redo, correct, or rebuild. 

update

noun
  • A change in information, a modification of existing or known data. 

  • A version of something which is newer than other versions. 

  • A modification of something to a more recent, up-to-date version; (in software) a minor upgrade. 

  • An additional piece of information. An addition to existing information. 

  • An advisement providing more up-to-date information than currently known. 

verb
  • To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments. 

  • To bring (a thing) up to date. 

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