reformulate vs explicate

reformulate and explicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reformulate	No	No	Yes	No
explicate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, explicate is a hypernym of reformulate; that is, explicate is a word with a broader meaning than reformulate:

reformulate: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
explicate: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Other hypernyms of reformulate include develop, formulate.

reformulate (verb)	explicate (verb)
formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis	make plain and comprehensible
	elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses