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story vs allegory

allegory vs story

story and allegory both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
story Yes No No No
allegory Yes No No No
As nouns, allegory is a hyponym of story; that is, allegory is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than story:
  • story: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
  • allegory: a short moral story (often with animal characters)
story (noun) allegory (noun)
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale a short moral story (often with animal characters)
a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
a short account of the news a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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
Difference between story and allegory

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