film vs image

film

noun
  • A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally. 

  • A medium used to capture images in a camera. 

  • A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb. 

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

verb
  • To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. 

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

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

image

noun
  • An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture. 

  • A statue or idol. 

  • What a function maps to. 

  • A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.) 

  • A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency. 

  • The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something. 

  • A mental picture of something not real or not present. 

  • A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others. 

verb
  • To create an image of. 

  • To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity. 

  • To represent by an image or symbol; to portray. 

  • To reflect, mirror. 

How often have the words film and image occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )