Flick vs. Flock — What's the Difference?

A light quick blow, jerk, or touch

A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together.

The sound accompanying this motion.

A group of people under the leadership of one person, especially the members of a church.

A light splash, dash, or daub.

A large crowd or number

A movie.

To stuff with waste wool or cotton.

To touch or hit with a light quick blow or fillip

To texture or pattern with pulverized wool or felt.

To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk

A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

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

A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but dated also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.

To move in sudden or jerky manner

Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock

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

A large number of people.

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

(Christianity) A religious congregation.

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

Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

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

A lock of wool or hair.

(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.

Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.

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

(intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.

A flitch.

To flock to; to crowd.

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

To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

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

(transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.

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

To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.

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

A company or collection of living creatures; - especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl.

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

A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

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

A lock of wool or hair.

A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.

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

To gather in companies or crowds.

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

To flock to; to crowd.

A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible);

To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.

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

A church congregation guided by a pastor

Flash intermittently;

A group of birds

Look through a book or other written material;

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Cause to move with a flick;

An orderly crowd;

Throw or toss with a quick motion;

A group of sheep or goats

Shine unsteadily;

Move as a crowd or in a group;

Twitch or flutter;

Come together as in a cluster or flock;

Cause to make a snapping sound;

Touch or hit with a light, quick blow;

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