Recapitulate vs Reiterate - What's the difference?
recapitulate | reiterate |
to summarize or repeat in concise form
to repeat the evolutionary stages of an organism during its embryonic development
To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
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, year=2012
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* Shakespeare
to say or do (something) repeatedly
* Milton
As verbs the difference between recapitulate and reiterate
is that recapitulate is to summarize or repeat in concise form while reiterate is to say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.As an adjective reiterate is
reiterated; repeated.recapitulate
English
Verb
(recapitulat)- The entire symphony was recapitulated in the last four bars.
- ''Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
Synonyms
* (to summarize or repeat in concise form) recap, sum upExternal links
* * ----reiterate
English
Verb
(reiterat)- Let me reiterate my opinion.
citation, page= , passage=He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."}}
- You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
- That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.