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replicate vs recapitulate

recapitulate vs replicate

replicate and recapitulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
replicate No No Yes No
recapitulate No No Yes No
As verbs, recapitulate is a hyponym of replicate; that is, recapitulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than replicate:
  • replicate: make or do or perform again
  • recapitulate: repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
Other hyponyms of replicate include copy, replicate, geminate, reduplicate.
replicate (verb) recapitulate (verb)
make or do or perform again summarize briefly
reproduce or make an exact copy of repeat an earlier theme of a composition
bend or turn backward repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
Difference between replicate and recapitulate

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