lie vs fib

lie and fib both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fib is a hyponym of lie; that is, fib is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lie:

Other hyponyms of lie include story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, jactitation, walloper, whopper, white lie.

As verbs, fib is a hyponym of lie; that is, fib is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lie:

Other hyponyms of lie include romance, perjure.

lie (noun)	fib (noun)
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth	a trivial lie
position or manner in which something is situated

lie (verb)	fib (verb)
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive	tell a relatively insignificant lie
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
assume a reclining position
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
originate (in)
have a place in relation to something else
be and remain in a particular state or condition