film vs thumb

film

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. 

noun
  • A medium used to capture images in a camera. 

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

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

thumb

verb
  • To touch or cover with the thumb. 

  • To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily. 

  • To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver. 

  • To hitchhike 

  • To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling. 

  • To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed. 

noun
  • A thumbnail picture. 

  • The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers. 

  • The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider. 

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