story vs storyline

story

noun
  • An account of real or fictional events. 

  • A lie, fiction. 

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

  • A soap opera. 

  • 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. 

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

storyline

noun
  • The plot of a story. 

  • A narrative description of a given modeling scenario, highlighting its main characteristics and underlying technical and socioeconomic drivers. 

How often have the words story and storyline occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )