fairy story vs tale

fairy story and tale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fairy story	Yes	No	No	No
tale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tale is a hypernym of fairy story; that is, tale is a word with a broader meaning than fairy story:

fairy story: a story about fairies; told to amuse children
tale: 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

Other hypernyms of fairy story include narration, narrative, story.

As nouns, tale is a hypernym of fairy story; that is, tale is a word with a broader meaning than fairy story:

fairy story: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
tale: a trivial lie

Other hypernyms of fairy story include fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle.

fairy story (noun)	tale (noun)
a story about fairies; told to amuse children	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
an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse	a trivial lie