tale vs prevarication

tale and prevarication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tale	Yes	No	No	No
prevarication	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of tale include lie.

tale (noun)	prevarication (noun)
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	the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
a trivial lie	intentionally vague or ambiguous
	a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth