Razes vs Lazes - What's the difference?
razes | lazes |
(raze)
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To demolish; to level to the ground.
To scrape as if with a razor.
(rhizome of ginger).
(laze)
Laziness.
An instance of lazing.
To be lazy, waste time.
To pass time relaxing.
Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.
As verbs the difference between razes and lazes
is that razes is third-person singular of raze while lazes is third-person singular of laze.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
* ----lazes
English
Verb
(head)laze
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(-)Verb
- The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
