lie vs tale

lie and tale both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

lie (verb)	tale (verb)
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
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