Revise vs. Review — What's the Difference?

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

A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or softwares such as business software, sales softwares; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit.

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

To look over, study, or examine again

A proof including corrections made in an earlier proof

To consider retrospectively; look back on

To alter or edit (a text).

To examine with an eye to criticism or correction

To reconsider and change or modify

To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).

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

(Law) To evaluate (a decision made by or action taken by a lower court) to determine whether any error was made.

To make revisions, as in a text.

To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.

Chiefly British To study something again; review.

To go over or restudy material

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

To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.

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

A reexamination or reconsideration.

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

A retrospective view or survey.

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

A restudying of subject matter.

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

An exercise for use in restudying material.

A review or a revision.

A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.

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

A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.

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.

An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.

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.

A formal military inspection.

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

A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.

A review; a revision.

(Law) An evaluation conducted by a higher court of a decision made or action taken by a lower court to determine whether any error was made.

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

A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.

The act of rewriting something

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

Make revisions in;

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

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

(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

A survey of the available items or material.

A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.

A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.

A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.

To survey; to look broadly over.

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.

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

(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.

(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

To view or see again; to look back on.

To go over and examine critically or deliberately.

To retrace; to go over again.

To look back; to make a review.

A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

A new appraisal or evaluation

An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

A formal or official examination;

Look at again; examine again;

Appraise critically;

Hold a review (of troops)

Refresh one's memory;

Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember;