reimburse vs repay

reimburse and repay both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reimburse	No	No	Yes	No
repay	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, repay is a hypernym of reimburse; that is, repay is a word with a broader meaning than reimburse:

Other hypernyms of reimburse include give back, refund, return.

reimburse (verb)	repay (verb)
pay back for some expense incurred	answer back
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss	pay back
	make repayment for or return something
	act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions