target practice vs recitation

target practice and recitation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
target practice	Yes	No	No	No
recitation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recitation is a hypernym of target practice; that is, recitation is a word with a broader meaning than target practice:

Other hypernyms of target practice include drill, exercise, practice, practice session.

target practice (noun)	recitation (noun)
practice in shooting at targets	systematic training by multiple repetitions
	a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
	written matter that is recited from memory