Fable and Lesson

Fable

Fable noun - A story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life.

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Lesson and fable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lesson" instead a noun "Fable".

Nearby Word: fabled

Lesson noun - Something assigned to be read or studied.

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Fable and lesson are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fable" instead a noun "Lesson".

Nearby Words: lessoning, lessoned

long	long fable	long lesson
similar	similar fable	similar lesson
short	short fable	short lesson
original	original fable	original lesson
Other adjectives: actual, entire, bizarre, last.

This leads to the lesson that "Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten." Getting Crap Past the Radar: The fable "The Man his Wife, and The Boy Outside", sometimes explicitly named "Adulterer and Husband".

Source: Literature / Aesop's Fables

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