story vs recital

story and recital both are nouns.

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

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

story (noun)	recital (noun)
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale	the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
a short account of the news	performance of music or dance especially by soloists
a trivial lie	a detailed account or description of something
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
a record or narrative description of past events