recapitulate vs spiel

recapitulate is not a noun while spiel is a noun.

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

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

Other hypernyms of recapitulate include play.

recapitulate (noun)	spiel (noun)
	plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

recapitulate (verb)	spiel (verb)
summarize briefly	speak at great length (about something)
repeat an earlier theme of a composition	replay (as a melody)
repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life