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Film vs Fils - What's the difference?

film | fils |

As nouns the difference between film and fils

is that film is photographic film while fils is son.

film

English

(wikipedia film)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
    • a clear plastic film for wrapping food
  • * Alexander Pope
    • He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.
  • (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  • A motion picture.
  • A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film .

    Synonyms

    * (motion picture) movie

    Derived terms

    * filmic * filmmaker * filmmaking * filmography * filmology * filmy * on film

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To record a motion picture on photographic film
    • "A Hollywood studio was filming on-location in NYC."
  • To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
  • *
    • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

    Descendants

    * Japanese: * Lao: * Thai:

    Anagrams

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    fils

    English

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Usage notes

    * Current usage of differentiating fathers and sons is borrowed from French; hence this term follows the name as it does in French grammar.

    Antonyms

    * pere

    Noun

  • (rare) The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above.
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