Film vs. Cinema

Filmnoun

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

Filmnoun

(photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.

Filmnoun

A movie.

Filmnoun

Cinema; movies as a group.

Filmnoun

A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

Filmverb

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

Filmverb

(transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

Filmnoun

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

Filmnoun

hence, any thin layer covering a surface.

Filmnoun

A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.

Filmnoun

The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.

Filmnoun

a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced.

Filmnoun

a motion picture.

Filmnoun

the art of making motion pictures; - used mostly in the phrase the film.

Filmnoun

a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; as, polyethylene film.

Filmverb

To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

Filmverb

to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; as, to film the inauguration ceremony; to film Dostoevsky's War and Peace.

Filmnoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

Filmnoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

Filmnoun

a thin coating or layer;

Filmnoun

a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

Filmnoun

photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

Filmverb

make a film or photograph of something;

Filmverb

record in film;

Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture or moving picture, is a work of visual art used to simulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound, and more rarely, other sensory stimulations.

Cinemanoun

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

Cinemanoun

Films collectively.

Cinemanoun

The film and movie industry.

Cinemanoun

The art of making films and movies; cinematography

Cinemanoun

the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; - often used in the phrase the cinema.

Cinemanoun

a theater where motion pictures are shown.

Cinemanoun

same as motion picture.

Cinemanoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

Cinemanoun

a theater where films are shown