What is the difference between "small image" and "thumbnail" in Magento?

Question

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Answer 1

“small image” is displayed on the storefront in the product listing
“thumbnail” is displayed on the storefront in many places, for example:
in the shopping cart:
under the main product photo:
etc.
In general, the problem with the standard Russification package with Magento Connect is that the person who made it did not fully understand how Magento works. Apparently, he had just a list of strings for translation in front of him, and he translated them mechanically, without really delving into how it all really works in Magento.
In the Russian assembly of Magento , I tried to make Russification as meaningful as possible, there should not be such issues with the interface: