parable vs story

story vs parable

parable and story both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parable	Yes	No	No	No
story	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, story is a hypernym of parable; that is, story is a word with a broader meaning than parable:

parable: a short moral story (often with animal characters)
story: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

As nouns, story is a hypernym of parable; that is, story is a word with a broader meaning than parable:

parable: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
story: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

parable (noun)	story (noun)
a short moral story (often with animal characters)	a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message	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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