Fluter vs. Flutter: What's the Difference?

A high-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Also called transverse flute.

To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner

Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.

To fly by a quick light flapping of the wings.

An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.

To flap the wings without flying.

(Architecture) A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.

To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight

A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.

To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically

A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.

To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.

(Music) To play (a tune) on a flute.

To cause to flutter

To produce in a flutelike tone.

The act of fluttering.

To make flutes in (a column, for example).

A condition of nervous excitement or agitation

(Music) To play a flute.

A commotion; a stir.

To sing, whistle, or speak with a flutelike tone.

(Medicine) Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.

Someone who plays a flute.

Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.

One who makes grooves or flutings.

Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble

One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.

(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.

One who makes grooves or flutings.

(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.

To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.

(transitive) To cause something to flap.

(transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.

(intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.

To be frivolous.

To subject to a lie detector test.

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.

A state of agitation.

An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.

An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.

(British) A small bet or risky investment.

A hasty game of cards or similar.

The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.

The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.

Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

The act of moving back and forth

Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

A disorderly outburst or tumult;

The motion made by flapping up and down

Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Move back and forth very rapidly;

Beat rapidly;

Wink briefly;