repeat vs recapitulate

repeat is a noun but recapitulate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
repeat	Yes	No	Yes	No
recapitulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recapitulate is a hyponym of repeat; that is, recapitulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than repeat:

repeat: make or do or perform again
recapitulate: repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

Other hyponyms of repeat include copy, replicate, geminate, reduplicate.

As verbs, repeat and recapitulate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of repeat include reprise, reprize.

repeat (noun)	recapitulate (noun)
an event that repeats

repeat (verb)	recapitulate (verb)
happen or occur again	summarize briefly
to say, state, or perform again	repeat an earlier theme of a composition
to say again or imitate	repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
make or do or perform again
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
do over