rephrase vs retell

rephrase and retell both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rephrase	No	No	Yes	No
retell	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, retell is a hypernym of rephrase; that is, retell is a word with a broader meaning than rephrase:

Other hypernyms of rephrase include ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate.

rephrase (verb)	retell (verb)
express the same message in different words	to say, state, or perform again
	render verbally
	make into fiction