Difference between Tale and Narration

What is the difference between Tale and Narration?

Tale as a noun is a type of story. while Narration as a noun is the act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

Tale

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a type of story. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

Example sentence: To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.

Narration

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Example sentence: I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said.

We hope you now know whether to use Tale or Narration in your sentence.

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