Flutter vs. Flying — What's the Difference?

(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly

Of or relating to aviation

An act of fluttering

Capable of or engaged in flight

A small bet

Situated, extending, or functioning in the air

To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner

Swiftly moving; fleet

To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.

Done or performed swiftly in or as if in the air

To flap the wings without flying.

Brief; hurried

To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight

Capable of swift deployment or response; extremely mobile.

To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically

Set by hoisting from the deck. Used of a sail.

To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.

Secured only at the corners. Used of a sail.

To cause to flutter

Flight in an aircraft or spacecraft.

The act of fluttering.

The piloting or navigation of an aircraft or spacecraft.

A condition of nervous excitement or agitation

That flies or can fly.

A commotion; a stir.

Brief or hurried.

(Medicine) Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.

Capable of speed

Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.

Not secured by yards.

Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble

Capable of foiling.

(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.

Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.

Present participle of fly

To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.

An act of flight.

(transitive) To cause something to flap.

The action or process of sustained motion through the air.

(transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.

The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

(intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.

Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

To be frivolous.

An instance of traveling by air;

To subject to a lie detector test.

Capable of or engaged in flight;

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.

Moving swiftly;

A state of agitation.

Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;

An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.

Designed for swift movement or action;

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.

Of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation;

(British) A small bet or risky investment.

Hurried and brief;

A hasty game of cards or similar.

Done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line;

The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.

Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

The act of moving back and forth

Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

A disorderly outburst or tumult;

The motion made by flapping up and down

Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Move back and forth very rapidly;

Beat rapidly;

Wink briefly;