Revamp vs. Refactor

Revamp vs. Refactor — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Revamp and Refactor

Revampverb

(transitive) To renovate, revise, improve or renew; to patch.

They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.

Refactorverb

(computer programming) To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.

The code works, but I must refactor it before it is production quality.

Revampnoun

A renovation, revision or improvement

Refactorverb

(writing) To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.

Two significant activities which to contribute to community projects, such as Wikipedia, are to refactor complicated articles into simpler ones, and to refactor duplicated content into reusable templates.

Revampverb

to patch up or renovate; repair or restore;

They revamped their old house before selling it

Refactornoun

(computer programming) The process by which source code is refactored.

We don't have time for a major refactor: we're shipping in two weeks.
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Revampverb

provide (a shoe) with a new vamp;

revamp my old boots