Narrative vs. Story

Narrative vs. Story — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Narrative and Story

Narrativeadjective

Telling a story.

Storynoun

A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.

The book tells the story of two roommates.

Narrativeadjective

Overly talkative; garrulous.

Storynoun

A lie, fiction.

You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

Narrativeadjective

Of or relating to narration.

the narrative thrust of a film

Storynoun

A soap opera.

What will she do without being able to watch her stories?
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Narrativenoun

The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.

Storynoun

(obsolete) History.

Narrativenoun

That which is narrated.

Storynoun

A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

What's the story with him?I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened.

Narrativenoun

A representation of an event or story.

Storynoun

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Narrativenoun

(creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

''The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling.

Storynoun

(obsolete) A building or edifice.

Narrativenoun

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;

his narrative was interestingDisney's stories entertain adults as well as children

Storynoun

A floor or level of a building; a storey.

Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator.

Narrativeadjective

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story;

narrative poetry

Storynoun

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Storyverb

To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

Storynoun

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;

his narrative was interestingDisney's stories entertain adults as well as children

Storynoun

a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;

he writes stories for the magazines

Storynoun

structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;

what level is the office on?

Storynoun

a record or narrative description of past events;

a history of Francehe gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presidentthe story of exposure to lead

Storynoun

a short account of the news;

the report of his speechthe story was on the 11 o'clock newsthe account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious

Storynoun

a trivial lie;

he told a fib about eating his spinachhow can I stop my child from telling stories?