Difference between tale and story

Posted By: Sm Adminon: November 30, 2015In: Miscellaneous

Tale:
A tale is a tory which describes either real or imaginary events. It may include dwarves, fairies, giants, mermaids, witches and magic. It is not real.
Story:
It is an imaginary events usually told for an entertainment. It is also just an imagination.
Differences:

Basis	Tale	Story
Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com)	A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.	An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
Synonyms	Short story, novel, fable, narrative and fiction	Adventure, drama, tragedy, comedy, and fantasy
Antonyms	Truth and non-fiction	Nonfiction and truth
Pronunciation	Eng (UK): /teɪl / Eng (US): /tāl /	Eng (UK): /ˈstɔːri / Eng (US): /ˈstôrē /
Word origin	The word tale was originated before the 12th century form the Middle English.	The word story was originated in the 13th century from Middle English storie.
Advantages/Benefits	Its advantages are: Early Literacy Development Positive Problem Solving Skills Building Resilience in Children Cultural Literacy	Its advantages are: allow children to explore their own cultural roots allow children to experience diverse cultures enable children to empathize with unfamiliar people/places/situations offer insights into different traditions and values help children understand how wisdom is common to all peoples/all cultures offer insights into universal life experiences help children consider new ideas reveal differences and commonalties of cultures around the world
Example in Sentence	Tales are just only an imagination. He is going to show me a tragic tale.	This story is about a little boy and his hardships. It is a story of a boy and a girl who fall in love and dies at the end.