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Scroll (parchment)

A roll of parchment or paper for writing on.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Scrolling

Moving displayed content up, down or sideways across a screen.

First in use: the 1970s

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Dead Sea Scrolls vs. infinite scroll.

Which meaning of Scroll is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Scroll (parchment) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Scrolling arrived in the 1970s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · ancient / pre-modern

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Duplicate · the 1970s

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