Difference between Redact and Redactor

What is the difference between Redact and Redactor?

Redact as a verb is to reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. while Redactor as a noun is one who redacts; an editor or compiler of texts

Redact

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released. To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

Redactor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: one who redacts; an editor or compiler of texts

We hope you now know whether to use Redact or Redactor in your sentence.

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