recital vs public speaking

recital and public speaking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recital	Yes	No	No	No
public speaking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, public speaking is a hypernym of recital; that is, public speaking is a word with a broader meaning than recital:

recital: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
public speaking: delivering an address to a public audience

Other hypernyms of recital include oral presentation, speaking, speechmaking.

recital (noun)	public speaking (noun)
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events	delivering an address to a public audience
a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
performance of music or dance especially by soloists
a detailed account or description of something