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sum up vs retell

retell vs sum up

sum up and retell both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sum up No No Yes No
retell No No Yes No
As verbs, retell is a hypernym of sum up; that is, retell is a word with a broader meaning than sum up:
  • sum up: give a summary (of)
  • retell: to say, state, or perform again
Other hypernyms of sum up include ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate.
sum up (verb) retell (verb)
give a summary (of) to say, state, or perform again
determine the sum of render verbally
be a summary of make into fiction
Difference between sum up and retell

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