reword vs retell

reword and retell both are verbs.

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

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

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

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