Difference between Spark and Flicker

What is the difference between Spark and Flicker?

Spark as a verb is to trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc). while Flicker as a verb is to burn or shine unsteadily. to burn or shine with a wavering light.

Spark

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc). To give off a spark or sparks. To woo, court

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire. A short or small burst of electrical discharge. A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator. A gallant, a foppish young man A beau, lover

Example sentence: Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Flicker

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An unsteady flash of light.A short moment.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.

Example sentence: Comparing Oceanic art generally with Negro art, it has a livelier, thin flicker, but much of it is more two-dimensional and concerned with pattern making. Yet the carvings of New Ireland have, besides their vicious kind of vitality, a unique spatial sense, a bird-in-a-cage form.

We hope you now know whether to use Spark or Flicker in your sentence.

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