My pets .................. (phased or fazed) me.
Can you choose the correct word?
Faze and phase pronounce alike but different in meaning. In this post you will learn about them with memory trick.
The verb Faze means to make someone feel afraid or shocked.
As a verb, phase means doing something stage by stage.
Faze = Frighten
If you learn their spelling, you can easily get their meaning.
Faze start with f, meaning "to frighten". You can easily get the first letter of "faze".
Phase starts with Ph.
Mnemonic is "photo of phases of moon". You can easily get the first two letters of "phase".
Second, remember there is "z" between "a" and "e" in faze; "s" between "a" and "e" in phase.
Can you choose the correct word?
Faze and phase pronounce alike but different in meaning. In this post you will learn about them with memory trick.
Quick Look
Faze means to confuse, to shock, to disconcert, to frighten, etc.
Phase means to carry out a plan or program stage by stage; stage.
What it the meaning of Faze?
If something fazes you, it frightens , shocks, or daunts you.The verb Faze means to make someone feel afraid or shocked.
- The teachers used to faze their students.
- The lion fazed other animals.
- He looked as if nothing could faze him.
- I was not fazed by her mask.
What is the meaning of Phase?
Noun phase is a particular stage or a period of time in which something changes gradually.As a verb, phase means doing something stage by stage.
- The benefit will be phased out over a period of five years.
- Initial phase of my life was very difficult.
- He thinks we are in only the first phase of a bear market.
How do you remember the difference between these words?
Faze someone means to frighten someone; both words start with "f ", With the help of letter "f ", we can memorize that faze means to frighten.Faze = Frighten
If you learn their spelling, you can easily get their meaning.
Faze start with f, meaning "to frighten". You can easily get the first letter of "faze".
Phase starts with Ph.
Mnemonic is "photo of phases of moon". You can easily get the first two letters of "phase".
Second, remember there is "z" between "a" and "e" in faze; "s" between "a" and "e" in phase.
Always keep in your mind Faze with F means to Frighten. If you learn the one word, you will automatically guess the second.
Important Point
Feaze, fease, and feeze are old variant spellings of faze. We don't use feaze, fease, and feeze these days. These words are archaic of faze.
Don't use them in your writing.
Faze, transitive verb, must have an object.
Phrasal verbs "phase in" and "phase out" mean introduce and withdraw something gradually.
- The new tax will be phased in over two years.
- Subsidies for gas will be phased out by next year.
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