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Readability vs Refactorization - What's the difference?

readability | refactorization |

As nouns the difference between readability and refactorization

is that readability is the property of being capable of being read; legibility while refactorization is a split into constituent parts after a previous combination.

readability

English

Noun

  • The property of being capable of being read; legibility.
  • The property of being easy or engaging to read.
    • The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability .

    Related terms

    * readable * unreadable * readableness

    refactorization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A split into constituent parts after a previous combination.
  • (linguistics) A false etymology derived from re-bracketing.
    • The word ''burger'' is part of a refactorization of ''Hamburger'' (originally ''Hamburg'' + ''er'').
  • (software) A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to maintain; a refactoring.
    • An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects.
    Another objective of refactorization is to factor out repeated coding patterns into new abstractions and thus avoid their repetition resulting in less code to maintain.
  • (mathematics) A second or subsequent factorization.