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Refinement vs Rework - What's the difference?

refinement | rework |

As nouns the difference between refinement and rework

is that refinement is the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material while rework is the act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.

As a verb rework is

to redo, correct, or rebuild.

refinement

English

(wikipedia refinement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
  • High-class style; cultivation.
  • A fine or subtle distinction.

    • rework

    English

    (wikipedia rework)

    Noun

  • The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
    • They sent the assembly back to the shop for rework .
  • (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
  • Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
    • They received the rework back from the shop.
  • Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
    • The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework .
  • (countable) An instance of reworking.

    • Verb

  • To redo, correct, or rebuild.
    • You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.

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