report vs recital

recital vs report

report and recital both are nouns.

report is a verb but recital is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
report	Yes	No	Yes	No
recital	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recital is a hyponym of report; that is, recital is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than report:

report: the act of informing by verbal report
recital: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

Other hyponyms of report include summarisation, summarization, indirect discourse, direct discourse, direct quotation, megillah, debriefing, anecdote, narration, yarn, comment, gossip, scuttlebutt.

report (noun)	recital (noun)
the general estimation that the public has for a person	the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
a short account of the news	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
the act of informing by verbal report	performance of music or dance especially by soloists
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)	a detailed account or description of something
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)

report (verb)	recital (verb)
to give an account or representation of in words
make known to the authorities
complain about; make a charge against
announce one's presence
announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

Difference between report and recital

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