excision vs editing

editing vs excision

excision and editing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, editing is a hypernym of excision; that is, editing is a word with a broader meaning than excision:

excision: the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
editing: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Other hypernyms of excision include redaction.

excision (noun)	editing (noun)
surgical removal of a body part or tissue	putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

Difference between excision and editing

Words related to "editing"

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