【Flit】 , 【flutter】 , 【flitter】 , 【flicker】 , 【hover】 suggest the movements of a bird or other flying or floating thing and mean to move in a manner like or reminiscent of such movements.
【Flit】 implies a light and swift passing from place to place or point to point.
【Flutter】 implies the movement of a bird rapidly beating its wings or the restless flitting of a moth about a light; it especially implies unsteadiness and agitation.
【Flitter】 implies the lightness and quickness of movement suggested by 【flit】 but usually also suggests the uneasiness or uncertainty connoted by 【flutter】 .
【Flicker】 implies a light fluttering or a fitfully wavering movement/
【Hover】 implies a hanging suspended over something like a bird maintaining its position in the air by an even usually slow movement of the wings; the word frequently connotes irresolution, sometimes menace, sometimes solicitude.
