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perseverate vs retell

retell vs perseverate

perseverate and retell both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
perseverate No No Yes No
retell No No Yes No
As verbs, retell is a hypernym of perseverate; that is, retell is a word with a broader meaning than perseverate:
  • perseverate: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus
  • retell: to say, state, or perform again
Other hypernyms of perseverate include ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate.
perseverate (verb) retell (verb)
repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus to say, state, or perform again
render verbally
make into fiction
Difference between perseverate and retell

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