roll vs film

roll and film both are nouns.

roll and film both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roll	Yes	No	Yes	No
film	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, film is a hypernym of roll; that is, film is a word with a broader meaning than roll:

roll: photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
film: photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

Other hypernyms of roll include photographic film.

roll (noun)	film (noun)
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude	a thin coating or layer
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)	photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
the act of throwing dice	a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
walking with a swaying gait	a medium that disseminates moving pictures
anything rolled up in cylindrical form	a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
a list of names
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
small rounded bread either plain or sweet
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

roll (verb)	film (verb)
execute a roll, in tumbling	make a film or photograph of something
take the shape of a roll or cylinder	record in film
show certain properties when being rolled
boil vigorously
shape by rolling
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
arrange or coil around
begin operating or running
flatten or spread with a roller
move by turning over or rotating
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
move, rock, or sway from side to side
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
occur in soft rounded shapes

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