recounting vs yarn

recounting and yarn both are nouns.

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

As nouns, yarn is a hypernym of recounting; that is, yarn is a word with a broader meaning than recounting:

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

Other hypernyms of recounting include narration, recital.

recounting (noun)	yarn (noun)
an act of narration	a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
	the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

recounting (verb)	yarn (verb)
	tell or spin a yarn