recital vs recounting

recital and recounting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recital	Yes	No	No	No
recounting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recounting is a hyponym of recital; that is, recounting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recital:

recital: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
recounting: an act of narration

Other hyponyms of recital include relation, telling.

recital (noun)	recounting (noun)
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events	an act of narration
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