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Flutter vs Rustle - What's the difference?

flutter | rustle |

As verbs the difference between flutter and rustle

is that flutter is (lb) to flap or wave quickly but irregularly while rustle is (ergative) to move (something) with a soft crackling sound.

As nouns the difference between flutter and rustle

is that flutter is the act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion while rustle is a soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.

flutter

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
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  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered , then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
  • (lb) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
  • *1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
  • *:Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
  • (lb) To cause something to flap.
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  • (lb) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Like an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia flutter) (en noun)
  • The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
    • the flutter of a fan
  • * Milnes
    • the chirp and flutter of some single bird
  • A state of agitation.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • * (Henry James)
    • Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.
  • An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
  • (British) A small bet or risky investment.
  • * 1915 : , Ch. 93
    • "Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like to have a flutter you might make a bit."
  • * So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter ... - Gray Matter: How will Schu do?
  • The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

    • Derived terms

    * flutter in the dovecote * flutterby

    rustle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of leaves.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
    • He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.

    Verb

    (rustl)
  • (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
  • *:The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle , and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
  • To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
    • rustle some food
    rustle up some food
  • To steal (cattle or other livestock).

    • Derived terms

    * rustler * rustle up

    See also

    * abigeat

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