Faze vs Nonplus - What's the difference?
faze | nonplus |
(informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
*, I.46:
*:altering Vaudemont'', to ''Vallemontanus , and metamorphosing them, by suting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus .
* South
to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox
As verbs the difference between faze and nonplus
is that faze is (fazer) while nonplus is to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox.As a noun nonplus is
a state of perplexity or bewilderment.faze
English
Alternative forms
* feazeVerb
(faz)- 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.References
nonplus
English
Noun
(es)- Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding.