The difference between Film and Skin
When used as nouns, film means a thin layer of some substance, whereas skin means the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
When used as verbs, film means to record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film, whereas skin means to injure the skin of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Film and Skin
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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"
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Film as a noun (photography):
A medium used to capture images in a camera.
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Film as a noun:
A movie.
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Film as a noun (cinema, uncountable):
Cinema; movies as a group.
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Film as a noun:
A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
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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."
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Film as a verb (transitive):
To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
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Skin as a noun (uncountable):
The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
Examples:
"He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl."
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Skin as a noun (uncountable):
The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
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Skin as a noun (countable):
The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
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Skin as a noun (countable):
A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
Examples:
"In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it."
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Skin as a noun (countable, computing, graphical user interface):
A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
Examples:
"You can use this skin to change how the browser looks."
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Skin as a noun (countable, slang):
Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Examples:
"Pass me a skin, mate."
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Skin as a noun (countable, slang):
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Skin as a noun (Australia):
A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.
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Skin as a noun (countable, video games):
An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
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Skin as a noun (slang):
Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Examples:
"Let me see a bit of skin."
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Skin as a noun:
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
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Skin as a noun (nautical):
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Examples:
"rfquotek Totten"
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Skin as a noun (nautical):
The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
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Skin as a noun:
A drink of whisky served hot.
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Skin as a verb (transitive):
To injure the skin of.
Examples:
"He fell off his [[bike]] and skinned his knee on the concrete."
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Skin as a verb (transitive):
To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
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Skin as a verb (colloquial):
To high five.
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Skin as a verb (transitive, computing, colloquial):
To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Examples:
"Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?"
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Skin as a verb (UK, soccer, transitive):
To use tricks to go past a defender.
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Skin as a verb (intransitive):
To become covered with skin.
Examples:
"A wound eventually skins over."
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Skin as a verb (transitive):
To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
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Skin as a verb (US, slang, archaic):
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
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Skin as a verb (slang, dated):
To strip of money or property; to cheat.
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