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Recapitulate vs Recap - What's the difference?

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Recap is a synonym of recapitulate.



As verbs the difference between recapitulate and recap

is that recapitulate is to summarize or repeat in concise form while recap is to seal (something) again with a cap.

As a noun recap is

a recapitulation.

recapitulate

English

Verb

(recapitulat)
  • to summarize or repeat in concise form
    • The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
  • to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development
    • ''Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

    Synonyms

    * (to summarize or repeat in concise form) recap, sum up

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    recap

    English

    Etymology 1

    re- + cap

    Verb

  • To seal (something) again with a cap.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recapitulation.
    • Synonyms
    * (recapitulation) summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

    Verb

    (recapp)
  • To recapitulate.
    • Synonyms
    * (recapitulate) summarise/summarize, sum up

    Anagrams

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