editing vs correction

editing and correction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
editing	Yes	No	No	No
correction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, correction is a hyponym of editing; that is, correction is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than editing:

editing: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
correction: something substituted for an error

Other hyponyms of editing include copy editing, cut, deletion, excision, revising, rewriting.

editing (noun)	correction (noun)
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form	the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
	treatment of a specific defect
	the act of disciplining
	a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
	a rebuke for making a mistake
	something substituted for an error
	a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure