retell vs summarise

summarise vs retell

retell and summarise both are verbs.

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

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

retell: to say, state, or perform again
summarise: give a summary (of)

Other hyponyms of retell include perseverate, ditto, dwell, harp, interpret, render, translate, paraphrase, rephrase, reword, resume, sum up, summarize, cite, quote.

retell (verb)	summarise (verb)
to say, state, or perform again	give a summary (of)
render verbally	be a summary of
make into fiction

Difference between retell and summarise

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