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allegory vs story

story vs allegory

allegory and story both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allegory Yes No No No
story Yes No No No
As nouns, story is a hypernym of allegory; that is, story is a word with a broader meaning than allegory:
  • allegory: a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  • story: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
allegory (noun) story (noun)
a short moral story (often with animal characters) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea a short account of the news
a trivial lie
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
a record or narrative description of past events
Difference between allegory and story

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