sob stuff vs tale

sob stuff and tale both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sob stuff	Yes	No	No	No
tale	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tale is a hypernym of sob stuff; that is, tale is a word with a broader meaning than sob stuff:

sob stuff: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy
tale: 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 sob stuff include narration, narrative, story.

sob stuff (noun)	tale (noun)
a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy	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 trivial lie