Fable vs. Story — What's the Difference?
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Fable
Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying. A fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech or other powers of humankind.
Story
An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment
I'm going to tell you a story
An adventure story
Fable
A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.
Story
An account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something
The film is based on a true story
The story of modern farming
Fable
A story about legendary persons and exploits.
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Story
The commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company
The investors' flight to profitable businesses with solid stories
Fable
A falsehood; a lie.
Story
Variant spelling of storey
Fable
To recount as if true.
Story
An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events
The witness changed her story under questioning.
Fable
To compose fables.
Story
An anecdote
Came back from the trip with some good stories.
Fable
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
Story
A lie
Told us a story about the dog eating the cookies.
Fable
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
Story
A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.
Fable
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
Story
A short story.
Fable
The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
Story
The plot of a narrative or dramatic work.
Fable
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
Story
A news article or broadcast.
Fable
To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
Story
Something viewed as or providing material for a literary or journalistic treatment
"He was colorful, he was charismatic, he was controversial, he was a good story" (Terry Ann Knopf).
Fable
A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.
Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant.
Story
The background information regarding something
What's the story on these unpaid bills?.
Fable
The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral.
Story
Romantic legend or tradition
A hero known to us in story.
Fable
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
We grewThe fable of the city where we dwelt.
Story
A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent floors.
Fable
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods.
Story
The set of rooms on the same floor of a building.
Fable
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell.
He fables, yet speaks truth.
Story
To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.
Fable
To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
The hell thou fablest.
Story
(Archaic) To tell as a story.
Fable
A deliberately false or improbable account
Story
An account of real or fictional events.
The book tells the story of two roommates.
Fable
A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Story
A lie, fiction.
You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?
Fable
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Story
A soap opera.
What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
Story
(obsolete) History.
Story
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
What's the story with him?
I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.
Story
A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
Story
(computing) user story
Story
To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
Story
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
Story
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story.
Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story.
The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story.
Story
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
Story
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
Story
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.
It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.
Story
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;
His narrative was interesting
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
Story
A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;
He writes stories for the magazines
Story
Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;
What level is the office on?
Story
A record or narrative description of past events;
A history of France
He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
The story of exposure to lead
Story
A short account of the news;
The report of his speech
The story was on the 11 o'clock news
The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
Story
A trivial lie;
He told a fib about eating his spinach
How can I stop my child from telling stories?
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