re-create vs create mentally

re-create and create mentally both are verbs.

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

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

re-create: form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind
create mentally: create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

Other hypernyms of re-create include create by mental act.

re-create (verb)	create mentally (verb)
form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind	create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
produce or make another of
make a replica of