Editing vs. Proofreading — What's the Difference?

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organisation, and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete piece of work.The editing process often begins with the author's idea for the work itself, continuing as a collaboration between the author and the editor as the work is created.

Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to find and correct production errors of text or art. Proofreading is the final step in the editorial cycle before publication.

To prepare (written material) for publication or presentation, as by correcting, revising, or adapting.

To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark corrections.

To prepare an edition of for publication

To read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction.

To modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable

Present participle of proofread

To supervise the publication of (a newspaper or magazine, for example).

The act or process by which a document is proofread.

To assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack, for example), as by cutting and splicing.

An act or instance of editing

Present participle of edit

An act or instance of something being edited.

Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form