Flip through sthg & flick through sthg
Is there a difference in meaning between "to flick through something" and "to flip through something"?
If so, when should I use each of them?
Would you please give me a few examples?
Thank you.
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I think "flip through" comes from flipping the pages of a book as you read it, and it retains much of that import in its figurative uses. "Flick through" sounds like a mistake for "flip through", but I suppose it works OK if you really mean that, the way a yellow-shafted flicker flicks fallen leaves aside in its search for insects.
- I think "flip through" comes from flipping the pages of a book as you read it, and it retains much of that import in its figurative uses.
- "Flick through" sounds like a mistake for "flip through", but I suppose it works OK if you really mean that, the way a yellow-shafted flicker flicks fallen leaves aside in its search for insects.
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I think "flip through" comes from flipping the pages of a book as you read it, and it retains much of that import in its figurative uses. "Flick through" sounds like a mistake for "flip through", but I suppose it works OK if you really mean that, the way a yellow-shafted flicker flicks fallen leaves aside in its search for insects.
0You'll see and hear 'flip through' more often, but the meaning is the same.
You flip through the pages of a book or magazine, for example. (Less often 'flick'.)
CJ
0teal limeIs there a difference in meaning between "to flick through something" and "to flip through something"?
There is no significant difference between them in the UK.
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