Difference between Flick and Flip

What is the difference between Flick and Flip?

Flick as a verb is to move (something) with a short, quick motion. while Flip as a verb is to throw (as in to turn over).

Flick

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move (something) with a short, quick motion.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

Example sentence: The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.

Flip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A maneuver which rotates an object end-over-end.a person whom the speaker dislikes.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.Sarcastic.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To throw (as in to turn over).To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.To go berserk or crazy.

Example sentence: I don't like sports where it's like, you watch a guy on a motorcycle flip or something, then another guy does it, it looks exactly the same, and then at the end one guy gets higher points! It seems so arbitrary; I don't know who's ahead ever.

We hope you now know whether to use Flick or Flip in your sentence.

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