Narrative and Report

Narrative

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.
Usage example: wrote a witty, chatty narrative of all the happenings at the party
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Synonyms for Narrative

Report is a synonym for narrative in story topic. In some cases you can use "Report" instead a noun "Narrative", when it comes to topics like account, words.

Report

Report noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.
Usage example: gave a full report of their trip to London

Narrative is a synonym for report in account topic. You can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Report", if it concerns topics such as words.

How words are described

good good narrative good report
full full narrative full report
long long narrative long report
better better narrative better report
Other adjectives: brief, short, standard, original, true, proper, single, actual, entire, real, main, internal, new, dramatic, different, ongoing.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / NES Godzilla Creepypasta After-Action Report: The story is structured exactly as one, with a lot more narrative than is usual.
  • Film / Downfall When real life got in the way, Hitler just couldn't mentally process it (the psych report even accurately predicted that when the war stopped going according to Hitler's "narrative", he would withdraw into his bunker, unable to come to grips with it).
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