Flicker vs. Flitter — What's the Difference?

To move waveringly; flutter

To flutter.

To burn or shine unsteadily or fitfully

To scatter in pieces.

To be displayed with fluctuating brightness

To move about rapidly and nimbly.

To appear briefly

To move quickly from one condition or location to another.

To cause to move waveringly.

To flutter or quiver.

A brief movement; a tremor.

A fluttering movement

An inconstant or wavering light.

A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

A brief or slight sensation

Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.

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.

(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.

An unsteady flash of light.

A small perceptible feeling

(figurative) A short moment.

To flutter.

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

To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards.

One who flicks.

A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

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

Move back and forth very rapidly;

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

(ambitransitive) To flutter or flap.

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.

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

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

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

A momentary flash of light

North American woodpecker

The act of moving back and forth

Move back and forth very rapidly;

Shine unsteadily;

Flash intermittently;