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Rewriting vs Refactorization - What's the difference?

rewriting | refactorization |

As nouns the difference between rewriting and refactorization

is that rewriting is the process or result of writing again; a rewrite while refactorization is a split into constituent parts after a previous combination.

As a verb rewriting

is .

rewriting

English

(wikipedia rewriting)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process or result of writing again; a rewrite.
  • (logic, computer science) a wide range of potentially non-deterministic methods of replacing subterms of a formula with other terms

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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.