recapitulate vs replicate

recapitulate and replicate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

recapitulate (verb)	replicate (verb)
summarize briefly	make or do or perform again
repeat an earlier theme of a composition	reproduce or make an exact copy of
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life	bend or turn backward