rewriting vs redaction

rewriting and redaction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, redaction is a hypernym of rewriting; that is, redaction is a word with a broader meaning than rewriting:

rewriting: editing that involves writing something again
redaction: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Other hypernyms of rewriting include editing.

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