Adaptation
Adaptation noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.
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Editing and adaptation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Editing" instead a noun "Adaptation".
Editing
Editing noun - Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form.
Adaptation and editing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adaptation" instead a noun "Editing".
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A simple-yet-trippy editing trick in the faerie scenes in the 1999 Michael Hoffman adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Source: Behind the Black -
During the ages, the text has gone through editing, transliteration, translation, and adaptation for poetic purposes: it's not surprising that there are variants of the main characters' names.
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Adaptation Distillation: The Special Editions manage to be surprisingly improved thanks to editing out some of the more hated elements.
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