Allegory vs. Parable

Allegorynoun

The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.

Allegorynoun

A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.

Allegorynoun

A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

Allegorynoun

A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Allegorynoun

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.

Allegorynoun

Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

Allegorynoun

A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

Allegorynoun

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

Allegorynoun

a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Allegorynoun

an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Allegorynoun

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Allegorynoun

a symbol.

Allegory

As a literary device, an allegory is a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners.

Parablenoun

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Parableverb

(transitive) To represent by parable.

Parableadjective

(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

Parableadjective

Procurable.

Parablenoun

A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.

Parableverb

To represent by parable.

Parablenoun

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

Parablenoun

(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message;

Parablenoun

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels

Parable

A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters.