Reconstruct vs. Revise — What's the Difference?

To construct again; rebuild.

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

To assemble or build again mentally; re-create

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

(Linguistics) To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.

A proof including corrections made in an earlier proof

To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook

To alter or edit (a text).

To construct again; to restore.

To reconsider and change or modify

To attempt to understand an event by recreating or talking through the circumstances.

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

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

To make revisions, as in a text.

Reassemble mentally;

Chiefly British To study something again; review.

Build again;

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

Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

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

Return to its original or usable and functioning condition;

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

Do over, as of (part of) a house;

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

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

A review or a revision.

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

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

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;