Celluloid vs. Film

Celluloid vs. Film — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Celluloid and Film

Celluloidnoun

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.

Filmnoun

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

a clear plastic film for wrapping food

Celluloidnoun

The genre of cinema; film.

Filmnoun

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

Celluloidnoun

highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics

Filmnoun

A movie.

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Celluloidnoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

theater pieces transferred to celluloidthis story would be good cinemafilm coverage of sporting events

Filmnoun

Cinema; movies as a group.

Celluloidadjective

artificial as if portrayed in a film;

a novel with flat celluloid characters

Filmnoun

A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

Filmverb

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

A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.

Filmverb

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

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Filmnoun

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

they went to a movie every Saturday nightthe film was shot on location

Filmnoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures;

theater pieces transferred to celluloidthis story would be good cinemafilm coverage of sporting events

Filmnoun

a thin coating or layer;

the table was covered with a film of dust

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;

take a sceneshoot a movie

Filmverb

record in film;

The coronation was filmed