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story vs tall tale

tall tale vs story

story and tall tale both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
story Yes No No No
tall tale Yes No No No
As nouns, tall tale is a hyponym of story; that is, tall tale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than story:
  • story: 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
  • tall tale: an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
Other hyponyms of story include tearjerker, folk tale, folktale, sob story, sob stuff, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, nursery rhyme.
story (noun) tall tale (noun)
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
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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