What's the difference between review and revision?

Review


Definition:

  • (n.) To view or see again; to look back on.
  • (n.) To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
  • (n.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
  • (n.) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
  • (n.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
  • (n.) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
  • (n.) To retrace; to go over again.
  • (v. i.) To look back; to make a review.
  • (n.) A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
  • (n.) An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
  • (n.) A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
  • (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
  • (n.) A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) This selective review emphasizes advances in neurochemistry which provide a context for current and future research on neurological and psychiatric disorders encountered in clinical practice.
  • (3) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
  • (4) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
  • (5) Furthermore, their distribution in various ethnic groups residing in different districts of Rajasthan state (Western-India) is also reviewed.
  • (6) The following is a brief review of the history, mechanism of action, and potential adverse effects of neuromuscular blockers.
  • (7) We present these cases and review the previously reported cases.
  • (8) There will be no statutory inquiry or independent review into the notorious clash between police and miners at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 , the home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced.
  • (9) Other approaches to the diagnosis of pancreatic pseudocysts are reviewed.
  • (10) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
  • (11) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (12) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
  • (13) The aetiological factors concerned in the production of paraumbilical and epigastric hernias have been reviewed along structural--functional lines.
  • (14) A review of campylobacter meningitis by Lee et al in 1985 reported nine cases occurring in neonates, of which only one case was caused by C. fetus.
  • (15) Anatomic and roentgenographic criteria used for the assessment of reduction in ankle fractures are highlighted in this review of ankle trauma.
  • (16) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (17) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (18) This article reviews the care of the chest-injured patient during the intensive care unit phase of his or her recovery.
  • (19) We reviewed our experience with femorofemoral bypass during the past 10 years to define its role relative to other methods in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease.
  • (20) We reviewed our 5-year surgical experience with undescended testes in 295 patients.

Revision


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
  • (n.) That which is made by revising.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Under a revised deal most people are now being vetted on time, but charges for the service have had to rise from £12 and free vetting for volunteers, to £28 for a standard disclosure and £33 for an advanced disclosure.
  • (2) Potential revisions of the scale, as well as cautions for its use in clinical applications on its present form are discussed.
  • (3) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
  • (4) Cameron, who faces intense political pressure from the UK Independence party in the runup to the 2014 European parliamentary elections, believes voters will need to be consulted if the EU agrees a major treaty revision in the next few years.
  • (5) Here we compare this revised technique to the classical sucrose density centrifugation procedure.
  • (6) The data were grouped to determine differences between the experimental and the newly revised formats of the GRE-A measure, in addition to any differences among programs.
  • (7) They also questioned why George Osborne and the Treasury failed to realise there was a potential issue earlier in the calculation process – pointing to recent upwards revisions of post-1995 gross national income by the UK’s own statistics watchdog.
  • (8) The Met Office has had to revise its forecast on previous occasions.
  • (9) The revised diagnosis was pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma for one case and pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma for the other cases.
  • (10) As a contribution to the proposed revision of the DSM-III-R category "Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition" for DSM-IV, this article reviews the history of how the relationship of psychiatric illness to neurological illness has been understood with respect to depression.
  • (11) Fixation is more difficult to achieve after revision for infection because of the inferior quality of the bone.
  • (12) The component was revised in forty-five patients, revision and advancement of the trochanteric component was done in twenty-five patients, and impinging bone or cement was removed from six patients; a combination of these procedures was done in nineteen patients.
  • (13) The decision came after Japan’s revised rules on the transfer of arms and defence technology, Suga said.
  • (14) With these stringent criteria the rejection rate was 71.0% for group A records, 58.5% for group B and 44.5% for group C. The proportions of records with peak quality (no missing leads or clipping, and grade 1 noise, lead drift or beat-to-beat drift) were 4.5% for group A, 5.5% for group B and 23.0% for group C. Suggested revisions in the grading of technical quality of ECGs are presented.
  • (15) The United States is in the process of adopting the revised recommendations of the ICRP.
  • (16) Functional gain was measured by the Revised Level of Rehabilitation Scale (LORS-II).
  • (17) Percutaneous balloon catheter dilation appears to be an effective method of treating stenosis in autogenous vein grafts and a useful alternative to surgical revision.
  • (18) The unreliable items were then deleted, and the revised scales were assessed in Study 2.
  • (19) These will be put forward for another round of consultation when the government publishes its revised national energy policy statements.
  • (20) Physicians are urged to reject involvement in rationing as inconsistent with their role as patient advocates and to support technology assessment, fee revisions, and more stringent self regulation as ways to discourage malpractice suits.