edit vs hack

edit is not a noun while hack is a noun.

edit and hack both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
edit	No	No	Yes	No
hack	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hack is a hyponym of edit; that is, hack is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than edit:

edit: prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
hack: significantly cut up a manuscript

Other hyponyms of edit include alter, falsify, interpolate, cut up, black out, blank out, copyedit, copyread, subedit, bracket, bracket out.

edit (noun)	hack (noun)
	a horse kept for hire
	an old or over-worked horse
	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

edit (verb)	hack (verb)
prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting	cough spasmodically
cut and assemble the components of	significantly cut up a manuscript
cut or eliminate	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
supervise the publication of	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully

Difference between edit and hack

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