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Fabled vs Storied - What's the difference?

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Fabled is a related term of storied.


As adjectives the difference between fabled and storied

is that fabled is known only in fables; fictitious while storied is much talked or written about.

fabled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Known only in fables; fictitious.
  • Made known by fables; legendary, famed.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
  • We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.

    storied

    English

    Alternative forms

    * storeyed

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • much talked or written about
  • historical
  • *1851 ,
  • *:Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance, now wildly elbowed, fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset.
  • (US) having multiple storeys; multi-storied
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