different between flackery vs flacker

English

Etymology

flack +? -ery

Noun

flackery (usually uncountable, plural flackeries)

1. The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents

Synonyms

• spin
• PR
• marketing

See also

• hackery
• quackery

Anagrams

• clyfaker

English

Etymology

From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), frequentative of Middle English flaken (“to move quickly back and forth”), equivalent to flack +? -er (frequentative suffix).

Akin to Middle Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.

Alternatively, the Middle English word may descend from Old English *flacorian, a derivative of Old English flacor (“flickering, fluttering”).

Verb

flacker (third-person singular simple present flackers, present participle flackering, simple past and past participle flackered)

1. (intransitive) To flutter like a bird.
   • 1535, Myles Coverdale, Bible, Ezekiel x. 19

     And the cherubins flackered with their wings.

2. (intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.

Anagrams

• Fackler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

flacker

1. inflection of flackern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative