File
File verb - To make smooth by friction.
Tape
Tape verb - Fasten or attach with tape.
How words are described
| old | old file | old tape |
| rare | rare file | rare tape |
| clear | clear file | clear tape |
| special | special file | special tape |
| Other adjectives: long, specific, certain, original, fake, correct, large, wrong, secret, new, final, mysterious, next, last, medical, audio, digital. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He complains about all the red tape on C-Sec and about how every time you make a "little mistake", a note gets added in the file.
Source: Video Game / Mass Effect - Then, the footage is "printed" back to a tape, or reformatted to a digital video file and stored on DVD or a video server.
Source: Non-Linear Edit -
He sent all of his tapes to Jim in the Vegetable Division — whom Nelson asked to file them while away — and Jim notes that the tape kept playing around the time he saw a Hidden Person communicate with Bo.
Cite this Source
Tape and File. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/tape
File & Tape. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/tape>.
Tape or File. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/file/tape.
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