fictionalize vs re-create

fictionalize and re-create both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fictionalize	No	No	Yes	No
re-create	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, re-create is a hypernym of fictionalize; that is, re-create is a word with a broader meaning than fictionalize:

Other hypernyms of fictionalize include recreate.

fictionalize (verb)	re-create (verb)
convert into the form or the style of a novel	form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind
make into fiction	produce or make another of
	make a replica of