Flittered vs Fluttered - What's the difference?

flittered | fluttered |

As verbs the difference between flittered and fluttered

is that flittered is (flitter) while fluttered is (flutter).

flittered

English

Verb

(head)

(flitter)

flitter

English

Verb

to move about rapidly and nimbly

to move quickly from one condition or location to another

to flutter or quiver

Derived terms

* flittermouse * flittery

Noun

(en noun)

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. }}

References

* (aircraft) * (aircraft) (Webster 1913)

fluttered

English

Verb

(head)

(flutter)

flutter

English

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.

*: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.

(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