Romance and Tale

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Romance

Romance noun - A brief romantic relationship.

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Tale is a synonym for romance in story topic. In some cases you can use "Tale" instead a noun "Romance", when it comes to topics like novel, fanciful story or narrative.

Nearby Words: romantic, romancing, romanticism, romancer, Romanic

Tale

Tale noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.

Usage example: the oft-told tale of Sleeping Beauty

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Romance is a synonym for tale in story topic. You can use "Romance" instead a noun "Tale", if it concerns topics such as legend, novel.

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old	old romance	old tale
full	full romance	full tale
typical	typical romance	typical tale
short	short romance	short tale
Other adjectives: standard, original, true, medieval, actual, entire, real, serious, little, dark, tragic, happy, beautiful, classic, epic, last.

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Sandpaper Kiss is a novel by Angel Wedge, a science fiction/fantasy tale about animal-human hybrids, government conspiracies, romance, and searching for the truth.Mark Jenner is a journalist, working for a small, unnamed magazine company.

Source: Literature / Sandpaper Kiss
The fic itself could be seen as this, seeing as Klaine is a fairy-tale romance and the story was inspired by the Deconstruction of a Fairy Tale.

Source: Fanfic / Hunting The Unicorn
In the episode "The Ticket Master", Rarity is certain that going to the Grand Galloping Gala will play out just like a fairy tale, with her introduction to the country's most eligible stallion (the princess' nephew) who instantly falls in love with her and marries her after a whirlwind romance.

Source: Thinks Like a Romance Novel

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