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folktale vs story

story vs folktale

folktale and story both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
folktale Yes No No No
story Yes No No No
As nouns, story is a hypernym of folktale; that is, story is a word with a broader meaning than folktale:
  • folktale: a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
  • story: 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 folktale include narration, narrative, tale.
folktale (noun) story (noun)
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
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
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