The difference between Film and Movie

When used as nouns, film means a thin layer of some substance, whereas movie means a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.


Film is also verb with the meaning: to record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

check bellow for the other definitions of Film and Movie

  1. Film as a noun:

    A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

    Examples:

    "a clear plastic film for wrapping food"

  2. Film as a noun (photography):

    A medium used to capture images in a camera.

  3. Film as a noun:

    A movie.

  4. Film as a noun (cinema, uncountable):

    Cinema; movies as a group.

  5. Film as a noun:

    A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

  1. Film as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

    Examples:

    "A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC."

    "I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead."

  2. Film as a verb (transitive):

    To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

  1. Movie as a noun (chiefly, North American):

    A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

  2. Movie as a noun (usually, [[plural]], chiefly, North American):

    A cinema.

    Examples:

    "Let's go to the movies."

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