Does changing "account" into "story" makes sentence different in this sentence?

"Marry gave a police full account of the incident."
Does changing "account" into "story" makes sentence different in the above sentence?

story - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
account - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

As you will see, "account" is not meant for enterntainment, while story (be it fiction or real) is.

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Originally Posted by eggcracker

"Mary gave the police a full account of the incident."
Does changing "account" into "story" makes sentence different in the above sentence?

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You could write "Mary gave the police the full story of the incident". I prefer the first example (with my corrections).