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Flickering vs Shimmering - What's the difference?

flickering | shimmering |

As verbs the difference between flickering and shimmering

is that flickering is present participle of lang=en while shimmering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between flickering and shimmering

is that flickering is a short, uncertain burst while shimmering is a gleam or glimmer.

flickering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, uncertain burst.
    • Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.

    shimmering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gleam or glimmer.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)