different between faze vs afflict

English

Alternative forms

• phase (see notes)

Etymology

From English dialectal (Kentish) feeze, feese (“to alarm, discomfit, frighten”), from Middle English f?sen (“to chase, drive away; put to flight; discomfit, frighten, terrify”), from Old English f?san, f?san (“to send forth; to hasten, impel, stimulate; to banish, drive away, put to flight; to prepare oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijan? (“to predispose, make favourable; to make ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go; to walk”). The word is cognate with Old Norse fýsa (“to drive, goad; to admonish”), Old Saxon f?sian (“to strive”).

Citations for faze in the Oxford English Dictionary start in 1830, and usage was established by 1890.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: f?z, IPA^(key): /fe?z/
• Homophone: phase
• Rhymes: -e?z

Verb

faze (third-person singular simple present fazes, present participle fazing, simple past and past participle fazed)

1. (transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]

Usage notes

The spelling phase is sometimes used for faze; including by such notables as Mark Twain and The New York Times.

Alternative forms

• feaze

Derived terms

• unfazed

Translations

References

Kabuverdianu

Verb

faze

1. do, make

Etymology

From Portuguese fazer.

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Verb

faze

1. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of fazer

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?faze]

Noun

faze f

1. indefinite plural of faz?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of faz?

English

Etymology

From Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: af?flict

Verb

afflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted)

1. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
2. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
3. (obsolete) To make low or humble.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.

Related terms

• affliction
• afflictive

Translations

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?k(t)/

Verb

afflict (third-person singular present afflicts, present participle afflictin, past afflictit, past participle afflictit)

1. to afflict

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.