interpret vs retell

interpret and retell both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
interpret	No	No	Yes	No
retell	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, retell is a hypernym of interpret; that is, retell is a word with a broader meaning than interpret:

Other hypernyms of interpret include ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate.

interpret (verb)	retell (verb)
make sense of; assign a meaning to	to say, state, or perform again
make sense of a language	render verbally
give an interpretation or explanation to	make into fiction
restate (words) from one language into another language
give an interpretation or rendition of
create an image or likeness of