Tales vs Parable - What's the difference?
tales | parable |
(legal) A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
(legal) A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
(legal) A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
To represent by parable.
(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
*, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.306:
As nouns the difference between tales and parable
is that tales is plural of lang=en while parable is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.As a verb parable is
to represent by parable.As an adjective parable is
that can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.tales
English
Etymology 1
See taleNoun
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) plural ofNoun
(tales)Derived terms
* tales book * talesmanAnagrams
* English heteronyms ----parable
English
(wikipedia parable)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (=modern) .Noun
(en noun)- ''In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son"
- ''Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables .
See also
* fable * allegory * pericope * simileVerb
(parabl)- Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled . — Milton.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate [...].
- (Sir Thomas Browne)