recap vs recapitulate

recap

verb
  • To recapitulate. 

  • To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English) 

  • To seal (something) again with a cap. 

  • To replace capacitors in electronic equipment. 

noun
  • A tire that has had new tread glued on. 

  • A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio. 

  • A recapitulation. 

recapitulate

verb
  • To summarize or repeat in concise form. 

  • (biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development. 

  • To reproduce or closely resemble (as in structure or function). 

How often have the words recap and recapitulate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )