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Restate vs Recapitulate - What's the difference?

restate | recapitulate |

As verbs the difference between restate and recapitulate

is that restate is to state again (without changing) while recapitulate is to summarize or repeat in concise form.

restate

English

Verb

(restat)
  • to state again (without changing)
  • to state differently; to rephrase(jump)

    • Synonyms

    * repeat, reiterate * (jump) rephrase, reword

    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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