fairytale vs fib

fairytale and fib both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fairytale	Yes	No	No	No
fib	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fib is a hypernym of fairytale; that is, fib is a word with a broader meaning than fairytale:

fairytale: an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
fib: a trivial lie

Other hypernyms of fairytale include story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle.

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

fairytale (verb)	fib (verb)
	tell a relatively insignificant lie