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Faze vs Boggle - What's the difference?

faze | boggle |

As verbs the difference between faze and boggle

is that faze is (fazer) while boggle is to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

faze

English

Alternative forms

* feaze

Verb

(faz)
  • (informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
    • Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.

    Usage notes

    * Citations for in the start in 1830; usage was established by 1890. * The word phase is sometimes used incorrectly for ; they are distinct terms.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    References

    boggle

    English

    Verb

    (boggl)
  • To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
    • He boggled at the surprising news.
    The mind boggles .
  • * Barrow
    • Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose.
  • * Glanvill
    • We start and boggle at every unusual appearance.
  • To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
    • The vastness of space really boggles the mind.
    The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike.
  • (US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to bungle or botch.
  • (obsolete) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
    • (Howell)

    Derived terms

    * mindboggling