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page vs folio

folio vs page

page and folio both are nouns.

page is a verb but folio is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
page Yes No Yes No
folio Yes No No No
As nouns, folio is a hypernym of page; that is, folio is a word with a broader meaning than page:
  • page: one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
  • folio: a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
Other hypernyms of page include leaf.
page (noun) folio (noun)
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings the system of numbering pages
a boy who is employed to run errands
page (verb) folio (verb)
contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
number the pages of a book or manuscript
work as a page
Difference between page and folio

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