flitter vs poise

flitter

noun
  • A fluttering movement 

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. 

  • A small aircraft or spacecraft. 

  • A small perceptible feeling 

  • 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. 

poise

noun
  • A condition of hovering, or being suspended. 

  • The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed. 

  • Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. 

  • That which causes a balance; a counterweight. 

  • A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. 

  • Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. 

  • A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre. 

verb
  • To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. 

  • To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh. 

  • To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. 

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