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Filum vs Film - What's the difference?

filum | film |

As nouns the difference between filum and film

is that filum is a filamentous anatomical structure while film is a thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

As a verb film is

to record a motion picture on photographic film.

filum

English

Noun

(fila)
  • (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure
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    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.

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