Titanic vs tale

Titanic

noun
  • A venture that fails spectacularly, especially one perceived as overconfident. 

adj
  • Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants. 

  • Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. 

  • Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. 

name
  • The R.M.S. Titanic, an ocean liner, supposedly unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. 

tale

noun
  • A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. 

  • The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. 

  • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration. 

  • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. 

verb
  • To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. 

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