Film vs. Snap — What's the Difference?

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.

Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound

A thin skin or membrane.

(of an animal) make a sudden audible bite

A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.

Suddenly lose one's self-control

A thin covering or coating

Take a snapshot of

A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.

Put (the ball) into play by a quick backward movement

A thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin, coated with a photosensitive emulsion and used to make photographic negatives or transparencies.

A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement

A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies.

A hurried, irritable tone or manner

A movie, especially one recorded on film.

A snapshot

The presentation of such a work.

A card game in which cards from two piles are turned over simultaneously and players call ‘snap’ as quickly as possible when two similar cards are exposed.

A long, narrative movie.

A sudden brief spell of cold or otherwise distinctive weather

Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.

Food, especially food taken to work to be eaten during a break.

To cover with or as if with a film.

An easy task

To record on film or video using a movie camera

A quick backward movement of the ball from the ground that begins a play.

To become coated or obscured with or as if with a film

A small fastener on clothing, engaged by pressing its two halves together; a press stud

To make or shoot scenes for a movie.

Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice

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

To make a brisk sharp cracking sound

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

To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.

A movie.

To give way abruptly under pressure or tension

Cinema; movies as a group.

To suffer a physical or mental breakdown, especially while under stress

A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

To bring the jaws briskly together, often with a clicking sound; bite.

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

To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp

(ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

To speak abruptly or sharply

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

To move swiftly and smartly

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

To flash or appear to flash light; sparkle

Hence, any thin layer covering a surface.

To open, close, or fit together with a click

A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.

To snatch at with the teeth or mouth; bite

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

To pull apart or break with a snapping sound.

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.

To utter abruptly or sharply

A motion picture.

To cause to emit a snapping sound

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

To close or latch with a snapping sound

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

To cause to move suddenly

To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

To take (a photograph).

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.

To photograph

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

(Football) To pass (the ball) from the ground back between the legs to begin a down; hike.

A medium that disseminates moving pictures;

A sudden sharp cracking sound or the action producing such a sound.

A thin coating or layer;

A sudden breaking.

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

A clasp, catch, or other fastening device that operates with a snapping sound.

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

A sudden attempt to bite, snatch, or grasp.

Make a film or photograph of something;

The sound produced by rapid movement of a finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb.

Record in film;

The act of producing this sound.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

A thin, crisp, usually circular cookie

Capacity to make a snapping sound; elasticity

(Informal) Briskness, liveliness, or energy.

A brief spell of brisk, cold weather.

Something accomplished without effort.

A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

A sudden break.

An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.

A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.

(colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.

(fishing) A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.

A small meal, a snack; lunch.

(uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.

(obsolete) A greedy fellow.

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

Briskness; vigour; energy; decision

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.

(slang) Something that is easy or effortless.

A snapper, or snap beetle.

Jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.

(colloquial) Something of no value.

(social media) A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.

(Linux) A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.

(uncountable) A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.

A tool used by riveters.

A tool used by glass-moulders.

A brief theatrical engagement.

A cheat or sharper.

A newsflash.

To fracture or break apart suddenly.

(intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.

(intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.

(intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.

(intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

(intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.

(intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.

To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.

(transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.

(transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.

(transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.

To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

(transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.

(transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.

(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers.Alternative snapping techniqueTo snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

(transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.

To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

To misfire.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.

"I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

(British) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).

(North America) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.

Done, made, performed, etc., quickly and unexpectedly, or without deliberation.

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; - usually with up.

To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

To project with a snap.

To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); - often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; - often with at; as, to snap at a child.

To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.

A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

A greedy fellow.

That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

A sudden severe interval or spell; - applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.

A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

A snap beetle.

A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; - used chiefly in the plural.

Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.

Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.

Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.

A snap shot with a firearm.

A snapshot.

Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.

The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.

The act of catching an object with the hands;

A spell of cold weather;

Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

The noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

A sudden sharp noise;

A sudden breaking

The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed;

An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera;

A fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

The act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;

(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back;

Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;

Separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Move or strike with a noise;

Snap close with a sound;

Make a sharp sound;

Move with a snapping sound;

To grasp hastily or eagerly;

Put in play with a snap;

Cause to make a snapping sound;

Lose control of one's emotions;

Record on photographic film;