Storey vs. Story — What's the Difference?

A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are storeys (UK) and stories (US).

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment

A part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level

An account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something

Variant of story2.

The commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company

A floor or level of a building or ship.

Variant spelling of storey

(typography) A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.

An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events

(obsolete) A building; an edifice.

An anecdote

See Story.

A lie

Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;

A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.

A short story.

The plot of a narrative or dramatic work.

A news article or broadcast.

Something viewed as or providing material for a literary or journalistic treatment

The background information regarding something

Romantic legend or tradition

A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent floors.

The set of rooms on the same floor of a building.

To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.

(Archaic) To tell as a story.

An account of real or fictional events.

A lie, fiction.

A soap opera.

(obsolete) History.

A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.

(computing) user story

To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.

A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.

The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.

A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.

To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.

A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;

A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;

Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;

A record or narrative description of past events;

A short account of the news;

A trivial lie;