different between redactor vs redaction

English

Etymology

redact +? -or

Noun

redactor (plural redactors)

1. A person who redacts; an editor or compiler of texts.

Related terms

• redact
• redaction

Further reading

• redactor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redactor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• carroted, creotard

Catalan

Noun

redactor m (plural redactors, feminine redactora)

1. editor (of a publication)

Related terms

• redactar

Further reading

• “redactor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

From French rédacteur.

Noun

redactor m (plural redactori)

1. editor

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reda??to?/, [re.ð?a???t?o?]

Noun

redactor m (plural redactores, feminine redactora, feminine plural redactoras)

1. editor (especially of a publication)

Related terms

• redactar

Further reading

• “redactor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From New Latin redactio (“redaction”), from Latin redigere (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agere (“to put in motion, to drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???dæk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

redaction (countable and uncountable, plural redactions)

1. (countable) Edited or censored version of a document.

   The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.

2. (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
3. (uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.

   The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act.

Related terms

• redact
• redactor

Translations

See also

• recension

Further reading

• redaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• redaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redaction at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• I don't care, citronade, draconite