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Flicking vs Flickering - What's the difference?

flicking | flickering |

As verbs the difference between flicking and flickering

is that flicking is while flickering is .

As nouns the difference between flicking and flickering

is that flicking is the act by which something is flicked while flickering is a short, uncertain burst.

flicking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is flicked.
  • * 2008 , David Henderson, 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky (page 339)
    • Then he walks out and plays a fifteen-minute encore doing nothing but bumps and grinds and humps and tongue flickings .

    flickering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

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