Document vs. File
Difference Between Document and File
Documentnoun
A written or printed paper that bears the original, official, or legal form of something and can be used to furnish decisive evidence or information.
Filenoun
A container, such as a cabinet or folder, for keeping papers in order.
Documentnoun
Something, such as a recording or a photograph, that can be used to furnish evidence or information.
Filenoun
A collection of papers or published materials kept or arranged in convenient order.
Documentnoun
A writing that contains information.
Filenoun
(Computers) A collection of data or program records stored as a unit with a single name.
Documentnoun
(Computers) A piece of work created with an application, as with a word processor.
Filenoun
A line of persons, animals, or things positioned one behind the other.
Documentnoun
(Computers) A computer file that is not an executable file and contains data for use by applications.
Filenoun
A line of troops or military vehicles so positioned.
Documentnoun
Something, especially a material substance such as a coin bearing a revealing symbol or mark, that serves as proof or evidence.
Filenoun
(Games) Any of the rows of squares that run forward and backward between players on a playing board in chess or checkers.
Documentverb
To furnish with a document or documents.
Filenoun
(Archaic) A list or roll.
Documentverb
To methodically record the details of
"I had thought long and logically about ... how to document the patterns of dolphin behavior" (Diana Reiss).Filenoun
Any of several hardened steel tools with cutting ridges for forming, smoothing, or reducing especially metallic surfaces.
Documentverb
To support (an assertion or claim, for example) with evidence or decisive information.
Filenoun
A nail file.
Documentverb
To support (statements in a book, for example) with written references or citations; annotate.
Filenoun
Chiefly British A crafty or artful person.
Documentnoun
An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
Filenoun
Powdered sassafras leaves used to thicken and season soups, stews, and gumbos.
Documentnoun
Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
Fileverb
To put or keep (papers, for example) in useful order for storage or reference.
Documentnoun
(computing) A file that contains text.
Fileverb
To enter (a legal document) as an official record.
Documentnoun
(obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
Fileverb
To send or submit (copy) to a newspaper.
Documentnoun
(obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
Fileverb
To initiate (a lawsuit)
file a complaint.file charges.Documentverb
To record in documents.
He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.Fileverb
To march or walk in a line.
Documentverb
To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.
A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.Fileverb
To put items in a file.
Documentnoun
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Fileverb
To make application; apply
filed for a job with the state.file for a divorce.Documentnoun
anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
Fileverb
To enter one's name in a political contest
filed for Congress.Documentnoun
a written account of ownership or obligation
Fileverb
To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.
Documentnoun
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII characters
Fileverb
To sully or defile.
Documentverb
record in detail;
The parents documented every step of their child's developmentFilenoun
A collection of papers collated and archived together.
Documentverb
support or supply with references;
Can you document your claims?Filenoun
A roll or list.
Filenoun
Course of thought; thread of narration.
Filenoun
(computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.Filenoun
A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
The troops marched in Indian file.Filenoun
(military) A small detachment of soldiers.
Filenoun
(chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
Filenoun
A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
Filenoun
A cunning or resourceful person.
Fileverb
(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
Fileverb
(transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order
Fileverb
(transitive) To store a file aggregation of data on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
Fileverb
To submit a formal request to some office.
She filed for divorce the next day.The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.''They filed for a refund under their warranty.Fileverb
To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
Fileverb
(intransitive) To move in a file.
The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.Fileverb
(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.Fileverb
(archaic) to defile
Fileverb
to corrupt
Filenoun
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
Filenoun
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Filenoun
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
Filenoun
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
Fileverb
record in a public office or in a court of law;
file for divorcefile a complaintFileverb
smooth with a file;
file one's fingernailsFileverb
proceed in line;
The students filed into the classroomFileverb
file a formal charge against;
The suspect was charged with murdering his wifeFileverb
place in a container for keeping records;
File these bills, please
