lore vs folklore

lore and folklore both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lore	Yes	No	No	No
folklore	Yes	No	No	No

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

lore: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
folklore: the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

Other hyponyms of lore include old wives' tale.

lore (noun)	folklore (noun)
knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote	the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture