flitter vs gleam

flitter

noun
  • A small perceptible feeling 

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. 

  • A fluttering movement 

  • A small aircraft or spacecraft. 

  • A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. 

verb
  • To scatter in pieces. 

  • To flutter or quiver. 

  • To move about rapidly and nimbly. 

  • To move quickly from one condition or location to another. 

gleam

noun
  • An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint. 

  • A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something. 

  • An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived. 

  • A look of joy or liveliness on one's face. 

verb
  • Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine. 

  • To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter. 

  • To be strongly but briefly apparent. 

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