Flitter vs Blitter - What's the difference?
flitter | blitter |
to move about rapidly and nimbly
to move quickly from one condition or location to another
to flutter or quiver
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1941
, date = July
, first = Edward Elmer
, last = Smith
, authorlink = E. E. Smith
, magazine = Comet Stories
, title = The Vortex Blaster
, volume = 1
, issue = 5
, page = 10
, passage = Then all three went out to the flitter . A tiny speedster, really; a torpedo bearing stubby wings and the ludicrous tail-surfaces, the multifarious driving-, braking-, side-, top-, and under-jets so characteristic of the tricky, cranky, but ultra-maneuverable breed.
}}
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1944
, date = March
, first = George Oliver
, last = Smith
, authorlink = George O. Smith
, magazine =
, title = Circle of Confusion
, volume = 33
, issue = 1
, page = 54
, passage = Small flitters were powered and made ready, and everything that carried manual controls was inspected and cleared for action.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1955
, first = Alice Mary
, last = Norton (as Andrew North)
, authorlink = Andre Norton
, title =
, page = 53
, passage = The small flitters carried by the Queen for exploration work held with comfort a two-man crew—with crowding, three.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1994
, first = Stephen
, last = Baxter
, authorlink = Stephen Baxter
, title =
, isbn = 9780002240260
, page = 43
, passage = The flitter tumbled from the shimmering throat of the wormhole transit route from Port Sol to Earthport.
}}
(computing) A software or hardware mechanism that blits.
* 1986 , InfoWorld (volume 8, number 49, 8 December 1986, page 46)
As nouns the difference between flitter and blitter
is that flitter is a rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment while blitter is (computing) a software or hardware mechanism that blits.As a verb flitter
is to move about rapidly and nimbly.flitter
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Derived terms
* flittermouse * flitteryNoun
(en noun)References
* (aircraft) * (aircraft) (Webster 1913)blitter
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(en noun)- Not only is the Amiga blitter fully integrated with and supported by the system as a whole, it also has access to its own direct memory channel