fabrication vs lying

fabrication and lying both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fabrication	Yes	No	No	No
lying	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fabrication and lying are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of fabrication include prevarication.

fabrication (noun)	lying (noun)
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials	the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
writing in a fictional form
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
a deliberately false or improbable account