recapitulate vs repeat

recapitulate is not a noun while repeat is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recapitulate	No	No	Yes	No
repeat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recapitulate and repeat are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of recapitulate include reprise, reprize.

As verbs, repeat is a hypernym of recapitulate; that is, repeat is a word with a broader meaning than recapitulate:

recapitulate: repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
repeat: make or do or perform again

Other hypernyms of recapitulate include double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate.

recapitulate (noun)	repeat (noun)
	an event that repeats

recapitulate (verb)	repeat (verb)
summarize briefly	happen or occur again
repeat an earlier theme of a composition	to say, state, or perform again
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life	to say again or imitate
	make or do or perform again
	repeat an earlier theme of a composition
	do over