Fillip vs Phillip - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between fillip and phillip

is that fillip is while phillip is .

(en noun)

(archaic) A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.

Something that excites or stimulates.

This measure gave a fillip to the housing market.

This athlete's victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.

(en verb)

To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.

* Shakespeare

You fillip me o' the head.

To tap or strike smartly.

To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.

The spicy aroma filliped my appetite.

* 1851 ,

Grand snoozing to-night, maty; fat night for that. I mark this in our old Mogul’s wine; it’s quite as deadening to some as filliping to others.

To snap; to project quickly.

* Tylor

the use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with

(en proper noun)

* Phillips ----