Flip vs. Flick — What's the Difference?

To throw or toss with a light brisk motion

A light quick blow, jerk, or touch

To toss in the air, imparting a spin

The sound accompanying this motion.

To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion

A light splash, dash, or daub.

To turn through (papers, for example); leaf

A movie.

To strike quickly or lightly; flick

To touch or hit with a light quick blow or fillip

To move or act on with a quick motion

To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk

To change or reverse (one's position or attitude).

To propel or remove with a sudden movement, fillip, or light blow

To buy and resell (a house, for example) in a short period of time for a profit.

To move in sudden or jerky manner

To turn over from one side to another or end over end

To look through the parts of something by making quick movements with the fingers

To turn a somersault, especially in the air.

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

To move up and down in twists and turns

(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

To move quickly and lightly; snap

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

To leaf; browse

(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.

To change one's mind, especially on a political position.

The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

To go crazy.

A flitch.

To react strongly and especially enthusiastically

A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second

A flick or tap.

A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

A short, quick movement

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

A somersault.

To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

(Informal) A reversal; a flipflop.

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

A mixed drink made with any of various alcoholic beverages and often including beaten eggs.

To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.

Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent

A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.

A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday.

(archaic) A fillip or light blow.

A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible);

(dated) A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.

A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement;

A slingshot.

Flash intermittently;

A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out

Look through a book or other written material;

(informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.

Cause to move with a flick;

The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.

Throw or toss with a quick motion;

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").

Shine unsteadily;

(transitive) To throw so as to turn over.

Twitch or flutter;

(transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

Cause to make a snapping sound;

To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.

Touch or hit with a light, quick blow;

To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.

Remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)

To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

To go berserk or crazy.

To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.

To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

To hand over or pass along.

To switch to another task, etc.

Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.

Sarcastic.

(informal) Disrespectful, flippant.

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.

To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.

To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant.

To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit.

To become insane or irrational; - often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg

The act of flipping a coin

A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team;

Lightly throw to see which side comes up;

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

Look through a book or other written material;

Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

Cause to move with a flick;

Throw or toss with a light motion;

Move with a flick or light motion

Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse;

Go mad, go crazy;

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

Marked by casual disrespect;