redaction vs rewriting

redaction and rewriting both are nouns.

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

As nouns, rewriting is a hyponym of redaction; that is, rewriting 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
rewriting: editing that involves writing something again

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

redaction (noun)	rewriting (noun)
the act of putting something in writing	editing that involves writing something again
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form