Amend vs. Revise — What's the Difference?

Make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc.) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances

Examine and make corrections or alterations to (written or printed matter)

Improve the texture or fertility of (soil)

Reread work done previously to improve one's knowledge of a subject, typically to prepare for an examination

To change for the better; improve

A proof including corrections made in an earlier proof

To alter the wording of (a legal document, for example) so as to make more suitable or acceptable.

To alter or edit (a text).

To enrich (soil), especially by mixing in organic matter or sand.

To reconsider and change or modify

To better one's conduct; reform.

Chiefly British To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.

(transitive) To make better; improve.

To make revisions, as in a text.

(intransitive) To become better.

Chiefly British To study something again; review.

To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

(Informal) An act or product of revising; a revision.

To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).

(Printing) A proof made from an earlier proof on which corrections have been made.

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

An act of righting a wrong; compensation.

To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

Clip of amendment

(obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.

To change or modify in any way for the better

A review or a revision.

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

(printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Make amendments to;

To look at again for the detection of errors; to reëxamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

To make better;

To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.

Set straight or right;

To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

A review; a revision.

A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

The act of rewriting something

Make revisions in;

Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving;