Fluster vs. Flutter
Difference Between Fluster and Flutter
Fluster➦
To make agitated, excited, or confused
Shouts from the protesters flustered the speaker. I was flustered by my teacher's comments and began to stumble over my words.
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Flutter➦
(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly
a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden
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Fluster➦
To become agitated, excited, or confused
a shy student who flusters easily.
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Flutter➦
an act of fluttering
there was a flutter of wings at the window
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Fluster➦
A state of agitation, excitement, or confusion
The heavy traffic put the driver in a fluster.
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Flutter➦
a small bet
a flutter on the horses
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Fluster➦
(dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
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Flutter➦
To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
curtains that fluttered in the breeze.
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Fluster➦
(by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
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Flutter➦
To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.
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Fluster➦
(intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
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Flutter➦
To flap the wings without flying.
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Fluster➦
A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.
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Flutter➦
To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight
"Her arms rose, fell, and fluttered with the rhythm of the song" (Evelyn Waugh).
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Fluster➦
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
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Flutter➦
To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically
My heart fluttered wildly.
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Fluster➦
To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
The flstering, vainglorious Greeks.
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Flutter➦
To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.
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Fluster➦
Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
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Flutter➦
To cause to flutter
"fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings" (Margaret Mitchell).
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Fluster➦
a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
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Flutter➦
The act of fluttering.
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Fluster➦
be flustered; behave in a confused manner
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Flutter➦
A condition of nervous excitement or agitation
Everyone was in a flutter over the news that the director was resigning.
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Fluster➦
cause to be nervous or upset
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Flutter➦
A commotion; a stir.
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Flutter➦
(Medicine) Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.
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Flutter➦
Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.
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Flutter➦
Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble
"If they like a flutter, Rick will get them better odds than the bookies" (John le Carré).
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Flutter➦
(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
flags fluttering in the wind
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Flutter➦
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
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Flutter➦
To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
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Flutter➦
(transitive) To cause something to flap.
A bird flutters its wings.
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Flutter➦
(transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
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Flutter➦
(intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
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Flutter➦
To be frivolous.
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Flutter➦
To subject to a lie detector test.
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Flutter➦
The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
the flutter of a fan
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Flutter➦
A state of agitation.
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Flutter➦
An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
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Flutter➦
An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
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Flutter➦
(British) A small bet or risky investment.
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Flutter➦
A hasty game of cards or similar.
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Flutter➦
The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
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Flutter➦
To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
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Flutter➦
To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.
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Flutter➦
The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
The chirp and flutter of some single bird
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Flutter➦
Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.
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Flutter➦
the act of moving back and forth
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Flutter➦
abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
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Flutter➦
a disorderly outburst or tumult;
they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
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Flutter➦
the motion made by flapping up and down
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Flutter➦
move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
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Flutter➦
move back and forth very rapidly;
the candle flickered
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Flutter➦
beat rapidly;
His heart palpitated
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Flutter➦
wink briefly;
bat one's eyelids
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