Click vs. Flick — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Click and Flick
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Click
A short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact
She heard the click of the door
Flick
A light quick blow, jerk, or touch
A flick of the wrist.
Gave my horse a flick with the reins.
Click
Make or cause to make a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact
Martha clicked her tongue
She clicked off the light
The key clicked in the lock and the door opened
Flick
The sound accompanying this motion.
Click
Become suddenly clear or understandable
I wasn't used to such good treatment, then it clicked: we were wearing suits
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Flick
A light splash, dash, or daub.
Click
A brief, sharp sound
The click of a door latch.
Flick
A movie.
Click
A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.
Flick
To touch or hit with a light quick blow or fillip
Flicked him with his hand.
Click
An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a mouse or other input device.
Flick
To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk
The guard flicked the light switch. The bird flicked its tail.
Click
An instance of selecting an item in a website or app by clicking or tapping on a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device.
Flick
To propel or remove with a sudden movement, fillip, or light blow
Flicked the lint off the coat.
Click
(Linguistics) Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the languages of the Khoikhoi and the San, and in some Bantu languages. Also called suction stop. See Usage Note at !Kung.
Flick
To move in sudden or jerky manner
A horse's mane flicking in the wind.
Click
To produce a click or series of clicks.
Flick
To look through the parts of something by making quick movements with the fingers
Flick through a book.
Flick through a crate of old records.
Click
To press and release a button on a mouse or other input device.
Flick
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.
Click
To select an item in a webpage or app by clicking or tapping a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device.
Flick
(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
Want to go to the flicks tonight?
Click
To have good social or working relations; hit it off
The director and producer clicked at the very start of the play.
Flick
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
Click
To become clear; fall into place
The answer finally clicked, and I finished the crossword.
Flick
(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
Click
To be a great success
The play clicked on Broadway.
Flick
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
Click
To cause to click, as by striking together
Clicked his heels.
Flick
A flitch.
A flick of bacon
Click
To press down and release (a button on an input device)
Clicked the left button on the mouse.
Flick
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
Click
To press down and release a button on (an input device)
Clicked the mouse.
Flick
A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.
Click
To select (an item in a webpage or app) by clicking or tapping a mouse, touchscreen, or other input device
To open the file, click the icon.
Flick
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
Flick one's hair
To flick the dirt from boots
Click
A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
Flick
To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
Click
(British) The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.
Flick
To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
Click
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Tsk is a click in English.
Flick
To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.
Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos.
Click
Sound made by a dolphin.
Flick
A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
Click
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
Flick
A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony.
Click
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
Flick
A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday.
Click
(by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
Flick
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible);
He gave it a flick with his finger
He felt the flick of a whip
Click
A pawl or similar catch.
Flick
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;
They went to a movie every Saturday night
The film was shot on location
Click
A knock or blow.
Flick
Flash intermittently;
The lights flicked on and off
Click
A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
Flick
Look through a book or other written material;
He thumbed through the report
She leafed through the volume
Click
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
Flick
Cause to move with a flick;
He flicked his Bic
Click
The latch of a door.
Flick
Throw or toss with a quick motion;
Flick a piece of paper across the table
Jerk his head
Click
(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
Flick
Shine unsteadily;
The candle flickered
Click
(intransitive) To emit a click.
Flick
Twitch or flutter;
The paper flicked
Click
(British) To snap the fingers.
Flick
Cause to make a snapping sound;
Snap your fingers
Click
(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
Flick
Touch or hit with a light, quick blow;
Flicked him with his hand
Click
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
Flick
Remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)
Click
To visit (a web site).
Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
Click
To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.
From the home page, click through to the Products section.
Click
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time.
Click
(intransitive) To get along well.
When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
Click
To tick.
Click
To take (a photograph) with a camera.
Click
To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
Click
Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
Click
(obsolete) To snatch.
Click
(US) clique
Click
The sound of a click.
Click! The door opened.
Click
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
Click
To move with the sound of a click.
She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
Click
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
When merry milkmaids click the latch.
Click
To snatch.
Click
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
Click
A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
Click
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
Click
The latch of a door.
Click
A short light metallic sound
Click
Depression of a button on a computer mouse;
A click on the right button for example
Click
A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
Click
A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Click
Move or strike with a noise;
He clicked on the light
His arm was snapped forward
Click
Make a clicking or ticking sound;
The clock ticked away
Click
Click repeatedly or uncontrollably;
Chattering teeth
Click
Cause to make a snapping sound;
Snap your fingers
Click
Produce a click;
Xhosa speakers click
Click
Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Click
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
She was penetrated with sorrow
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