Razes vs Fazes - What's the difference?
razes | fazes |
(raze)
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To demolish; to level to the ground.
To scrape as if with a razor.
(rhizome of ginger).
(faze)
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(informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
As verbs the difference between razes and fazes
is that razes is third-person singular of raze while fazes is third-person singular of faze.razes
English
Verb
(head)raze
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) raserVerb
(raz)- The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
Noun
(head)Anagrams
* ----fazes
English
Verb
(head)faze
English
Alternative forms
* feazeVerb
(faz)- Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.