What's the difference between fluster and flutter?

Fluster


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
  • (v. i.) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
  • (n.) Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But isn't there a bit of him that wants to gloat; to tell all the kids who thought he was a nerd that he's now this babe magnet, this sex god, this… And now he really is flushed and flustered.
  • (2) Ben Mee was too flustered to risk a challenge, with Hazard easily cutting inside and curling a delicious shot into the far corner of Tom Heaton’s net.
  • (3) Graham Linehan , when we meet as the others grab sandwiches, is flustered from traffic but more so, I suspect, from, at the moment, being the ghost at the feast.
  • (4) While the shop assistants are aware they're playing the role of knicker pimp, of jolly hostess, I wonder if the male customers are aware of their own role, a role learned from the 1970s: flustered man in lingerie department.
  • (5) It was clear that McGregor’s barbs were getting at Diaz, who grew increasingly flustered and struggled to muster replies that went beyond a barrage of expletives.
  • (6) Romney refused to be flustered by the protesters, saying they had a right to express their views, but he brought his speech to an abrupt end soon afterwards, possibly to avoid any further disruption.
  • (7) A police officer at its north-east corner told a crowd of flustered tourists that there was an "activity" in the square and that it would be closed indefinitely.
  • (8) In 2004, George W Bush appeared flustered when asked to name three mistakes he had made as president.
  • (9) Now we’ve been told that the Egyptian government is arguing with David Cameron,” she demanded of the flustered ambassador, shooting back as he tried to answer: “Now you are stuttering.” Earlier Casson had told reporters: “No they haven’t [blocked the flights].
  • (10) Intercepting the ball in central midfield, the Serb rampaged through and beyond four flustered Dynamo players and into the area.
  • (11) Hazard had been a constant menace, flustering Arsenal to the extent that Mathieu Flamini strayed dangerously close to turning one of his crosses into his own net, and Wenger was entitled to be disappointed that his team did not do more to look for rustiness in Petr Cech, the replacement for Courtois.
  • (12) Obama more than matched Romney and ended the stronger of the two on the night, leaving the Republican candidate looking flustered at times, particularly over Libya.
  • (13) But as he began a flustered and angry speech, Griffin already knew that worse was to come.
  • (14) But a flustered Sanders failed to point out that Clinton had attended a fundraiser in Philadelphia hosted by hedge fund managers only last week.
  • (15) The PSG full-back Serge Aurier became incredibly flustered with the Chelsea striker, who received a boot to the leg for his troubles after an arm was robustly thrown into the Ivorian’s face, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided the best way to reintroduce himself to John Terry was to put an elbow into his head just moments before putting Laurent Blanc’s team into the lead.
  • (16) But the bloke on the other side of the net also doesn't look particularly flustered.
  • (17) It was election night and David Dimbleby had a cabinet minister on the line: "Now," he said, momentarily flustered, "here is ... Ed Ball's wife."
  • (18) The tension eased, with England were far from flustered on the pitch as they ran out comfortable winners to claim their 10th victory of Group E. They are the sixth team to achieve 100% success in a European Championship qualifying campaign and, while they have not confronted particularly daunting opponents, Hodgson welcomed the recovery from the ignominy of Brazil.
  • (19) He's been due one…Beckerman hoists a long ball forward for Findley to chase and he duly flusters Futty Danso as he tries to shepherd the ball.
  • (20) Not have their identity overlooked with a fluster of fake smiles, feathers and "fabulous, darling".

Flutter


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.
  • (v. t.) To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion.
  • (n.) The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
  • (n.) Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Fluttering in the background was a black flag adorned with white script, the “black flag of jihad”.
  • (2) A patient with mitral stenosis and atrial flutter was found to have a normal diastolic closure rate (E to F slope).
  • (3) This study demonstrates that 1) complete AV block is not a contraindication to the Fontan operation, 2) some patients may not require AV synchrony postoperatively for survival, and 3) postoperative atrial flutter or fibrillation may cease or be easier to control after the Fontan operation.
  • (4) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
  • (5) The authors report 6 cases of acute respiratory failure complicating chronic bronchial and lung disease admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of: heart disease, 3 cases, pulmonary oedema, pulmonary embolism, atrial flutter; status asthmaticus : one case; neuro-psychiatric disease : 2 cases (toxic coma and agitation).
  • (6) Thirty patients with long-standing (mean 30 days) type I atrial flutter (AF) were treated with overdrive atrial pacing.
  • (7) Mean proficiency scores were 51% for atrial flutter and 35% for ventricular tachycardia.
  • (8) However, atrial flutter often recurs despite the use of these conventional antiarrhythmic regimens.
  • (9) The results of programmed stimulation were estimated to be positive when sustained or unsustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia was triggered, and negative when ventricular fibrillation, ventricular flutter unsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or no arrhythmia could be induced.
  • (10) AJ Green was waiting just behind him, and the receiver gratefully pulled in the softly fluttering ball.
  • (11) Single or repetitive supraventricular premature beats were found in 65 (41%), paroxysmal atrial or junctional tachycardias in 20 (12%), bouts of atrial flutter or fibrillation in 3 (2%).
  • (12) This study investigated the effects of pharmacologically induced changes in atrial conduction velocity and refractoriness, in the conversion and suppression of atrial flutter induced in the open-chest anesthetized dog by intercaval crush and rapid atrial pacing.
  • (13) (5) Development of postoperative atrial fibrillation or flutter has not been associated with peroperative or postoperative events.
  • (14) The results of 181 therapeutic stimulations in cases of atrial flutter (a-flut) have shown that a-flut is terminated in a wide range by means of programmed stimulation (PS).
  • (15) At follow-up (mean 6.5 years), 83% of the patients were alive (49% without atrial flutter and 34% with atrial flutter) and 17% died (10% suddenly, 6% of nonsudden cardiac cause and 1% of noncardiac cause).
  • (16) Five patients with bicuspid aortic valves showed mitral valve diastolic flutter indicative of aortic regurgitation.
  • (17) Spontaneous change in direction of F waves in atrial flutter is rare.
  • (18) SVT includes paroxysmal SVT, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia and junctional tachycardia (enhanced automaticity).
  • (19) There was an area of slow conduction during atrial flutter in the low right atrium.
  • (20) Recent studies of human type 1 atrial flutter demonstrated reentry in the right atrium and an area of slow conduction in the low posteroseptal right atrium.