redaction vs excision

excision vs redaction

redaction and excision both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

redaction (noun)	excision (noun)
the act of putting something in writing	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 redaction and excision

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