Folklore vs. Lore — What's the Difference?

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, proverbs and jokes.

Accumulated knowledge or beliefs held by a group about a subject, especially when passed from generation to generation by oral tradition.

The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.

The space between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird or between the eye and nostril of a snake.

The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture. Also called folkloristics.

All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

A body of widely accepted but usually spurious notions about a place, group, or institution

The backstory created around a fictional universe.

A popular but unfounded belief.

(obsolete) Workmanship.

The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.

(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

(by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.

The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.

Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as stories, proverbs, riddles and songs.

That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore.

The unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.

Workmanship.

Lost.

Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote;