Flick vs. Flicker — What's the Difference?

A light quick blow, jerk, or touch

To move waveringly; flutter

The sound accompanying this motion.

To burn or shine unsteadily or fitfully

A light splash, dash, or daub.

To be displayed with fluctuating brightness

A movie.

To appear briefly

To touch or hit with a light quick blow or fillip

To cause to move waveringly.

To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk

A brief movement; a tremor.

To propel or remove with a sudden movement, fillip, or light blow

An inconstant or wavering light.

To move in sudden or jerky manner

A brief or slight sensation

To look through the parts of something by making quick movements with the fingers

Any of various large woodpeckers of the genus Colaptes of the Americas, having a long tail and large feet and often foraging on the ground, especially C. auratus, the northern flicker.

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

An unsteady flash of light.

(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

(figurative) A short moment.

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

(US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.

(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.

One who flicks.

The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

A flitch.

(intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second

(ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.

A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.

To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); - so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.

To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.

A momentary flash of light

A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

North American woodpecker

A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.

The act of moving back and forth

A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday.

Move back and forth very rapidly;

A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible);

Shine unsteadily;

A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

Flash intermittently;

Flash intermittently;

Look through a book or other written material;

Cause to move with a flick;

Throw or toss with a quick motion;

Shine unsteadily;

Twitch or flutter;

Cause to make a snapping sound;

Touch or hit with a light, quick blow;

Remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)