Lie and Tale

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Lie noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.

Usage example: he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie

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Tale is a synonym for lie in true topic. In some cases you can use "Tale" instead a noun "Lie", when it comes to topics like untruth.

Nearby Word: lied

Tale noun - A rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature.

Usage example: don't believe the tales you hear about our neighbor's kid

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Lie is a synonym for tale in speech topic. You can use "Lie" instead a noun "Tale", if it concerns topics such as true, made-up story.

old	old lie	old tale
particular	particular lie	particular tale
similar	similar lie	similar tale
standard	standard lie	standard tale
Other adjectives: original, true, single, simple, actual, sad, beautiful, last.

Though technically, he's not even really an aristocrat, as he is said to have taken his title from "a lie in a fairy tale".

Source: Aristocrats Are Evil
Similarly, in The Handmaid's Tale, the unnamed narrator character mentally advises the newly wedded girls to "lie back and think of England," in reference to Gilead's puritanical views of sex.

Source: Lie Back and Think of England
He also points out that, thanks to the Rule Of Three, the moral of the tale of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is not "never tell a lie", but rather "never tell the same lie twice."

Source: Do Not Do This Cool Thing

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