flitter vs stray

flitter

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

  • To scatter in pieces. 

  • To flutter or quiver. 

  • To move about rapidly and nimbly. 

noun
  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. 

  • A fluttering movement 

  • A small aircraft or spacecraft. 

  • A small perceptible feeling 

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

stray

verb
  • To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray. 

  • To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. 

  • To cause to stray; lead astray. 

  • To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. 

adj
  • Having gone astray; strayed; wandering 

  • In the wrong place; misplaced. 

noun
  • An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally. 

  • Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray. 

  • An instance of atmospheric interference. 

  • One who is lost, literally or figuratively. 

  • An act of wandering off or going astray. 

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