As nouns the difference between footage and flotage
is that footage is an amount of film or tape that has been used to record something while flotage is the state of floating.
footage
English
Noun
(uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.
:* The footage we shot of the riot yesterday got ruined.
A measurement in feet.
Derived terms
* found footage
flotage
English
Alternative forms
* floatage
Noun
(
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The state of floating.
That which floats on the sea or in rivers.
(
Webster 1913)
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