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Dither vs Fluster - What's the difference?

dither | fluster |

As verbs the difference between dither and fluster

is that dither is (obsolete) to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold while fluster is .

As a noun dither

is the state of being undecided.

dither

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being undecided.
  • * 2002 , Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago , page 59:
  • *:Everyone was in a dither'''; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a '''dither'''. '''Dither was a foreign concept to her.
  • A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
  • To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, '' Indian Reform: At Last
  • *:The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
  • To do something nervously.
  • (computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
  • Derived terms

    * ditherer

    Anagrams

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    fluster

    English

    Verb

  • (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
  • * Macaulay
  • His habit of flustering himself daily with claret.
  • (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.
  • To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
  • * South
  • The flustering , vainglorious Greeks.

    Derived terms

    * flustered (adjective) * flustering (adjective, present participle)

    Anagrams

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