What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Rewrite vs Rewriter - What's the difference?

rewrite | rewriter |

As nouns the difference between rewrite and rewriter

is that rewrite is the act of writing again or anew while rewriter is one who, or that which, rewrites.

As a verb rewrite

is to write again, differently (to modify).

rewrite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of writing again or anew.
  • Something that has been written again.

    • Verb

  • To write again, differently (to modify).
  • To write again (without changing).

    • Usage notes

    * The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

    Derived terms

    * rewritable

    rewriter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, rewrites.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 16, author=Charles Mcgrath, title=Sex and Crime, the Updates: Gay Talese Is Back on the Beat, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Part of why both books dragged on so long is that Mr. Talese, who once worked for The New York Times, is a perfectionist, an obsessive tinkerer and rewriter , and also a famously meticulous reporter and researcher who spurns devices like composite characters and faked identities. }}