different between ease vs nase

English

Etymology

From Middle English ese, ays, etc., from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise and aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Provencal ais, Italian agio and asio, and Portuguese azo. Sometimes ascribed to Latin *asia or *asium, possibly from ansa (“handle; occasion”) but more likely from a Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjac?ns, present participle of adjace?. Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as Germanic or Celtic on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare Old English ?eþe (“easy”), Gothic ???????????????????? (az?ti, “ease; pleasure”), *???????????????????? (*az?ts, “easy”), Breton eaz, ez (“easy”), Irish adhais (“easy; leisure”). Compare also Frankish *ansiju (“loophole, eyelet; handle, arms akimbo, elbow room”). See also eath.

The verb is from Middle English esen, ultimately of the same origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /i?z/
• (US) enPR: ?z, IPA^(key): /iz/,
• Rhymes: -i?z
• Homophones: ees, E's, 'e's

Noun

ease (uncountable)

1. Ability, the means to do something, particularly:
   1. (obsolete) Opportunity, chance.
      • a. 1200, Ancrene Riwle (Cleopatra MS C.vi), p. 213:

        ...?ef þer is eise to fulle þe dede...

   2. Skill, dexterity, facility.

2. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:
   1. Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.

   2. Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.

   3. Freedom from difficulty.

   4. Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.

   5. Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.

   6. Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.

3. Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:
   1. Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.

   2. (euphemistic, obsolete) Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.
   3. Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.

   4. (clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.

4. (obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.
5. (obsolete) A relief; an easement.

Synonyms

• (ability): ability, dexterity, facility, skill
• (comfort): comfort, peace
• (freedom from worry): peace of mind
• (freedom from effort): free time, leisure, relaxation, rest

Derived terms

Related terms

• easy, easiness

Translations

Verb

ease (third-person singular simple present eases, present participle easing, simple past and past participle eased)

1. (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
   • Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.

2. (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).

3. (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
4. (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.

5. (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).

6. (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.

7. (intransitive) To lessen in severity.

8. (intransitive) To proceed with little effort.

Synonyms

• (free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc): assuage, salve
• (alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)): allay, alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce
• (give respite to (someone)): give someone a break (informal), lay off (informal)
• (loosen or slacken the tension on (something)): loosen, relax, slacken
• (reduce the difficulty of (something)): facilitate, simplify
• (lessen in severity): lessen, reduce
• (proceed with little effort): cruise

Translations

References

Middle English

Noun

ease (plural eases)

1. Alternative spelling of ese

English

Noun

nase (plural nases or nase)

1. Any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.

Translations

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Sean, Sena, eans, sane, sean

French

Adjective

nase (plural nases)

1. Alternative spelling of naze (“worthless, knackered”)

Further reading

• “nase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Guaraní

Verb

nase

1. to be born

Latin

Noun

n?se

1. vocative singular of n?sus

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German nasa, from Proto-Germanic *nas?, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?s-.

Noun

nase f

1. nose

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Nase, Naase
  • Swabian: Nas
• Bavarian: Nosn
• Central Franconian: Nas, Nos
  • Hunsrik: Naas
  • Kölsch: Naas
• East Franconian: Nous
• German: Nase
• Luxembourgish: Nues
• Rhine Franconian: Noos
  • Pennsylvania German: Naas
• Vilamovian: n?s, n?z
• Yiddish: ????? (noz)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nase f or m (definite singular nasa or nasen, indefinite plural naser, definite plural nasene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by nese

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nasar and nasir, nominative and accusative plurals of n?s f (whence Norwegian Nynorsk nos f. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

nase m (definite singular nasen, indefinite plural nasar, definite plural nasane)

1. (anatomy) nose (organ)

2. nose (tip of an object)

   Nasen på flyet var dekt med snø.

   The nose of the airplane was covered in snow.

Derived terms

• naseblod

Verb

nase (present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nas)

1. to smell, sniff

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

Alternative forms

• nasa (a- and split infinitives)

See also

• nese (Bokmål)

References

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• anse, asen, asne, ensa, nase, nesa, sena

Swazi

Conjunction

náse

1. when

Tarantino

Noun

nase

1. nose