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Recite vs Recapitulate - What's the difference?

recite | recapitulate | Synonyms |

Recite is a synonym of recapitulate.


As verbs the difference between recite and recapitulate

is that recite is while recapitulate is to summarize or repeat in concise form.

recite

English

Verb

(recit)
  • To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
  • To list or enumerate something
  • To deliver a recitation
  • 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