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faze, phase
faze (FAYZ) (verb)
To disturb, disconcert, or to embarrass: Margaret was told by her parents that people would seldom succeed as musicians if they let criticism faze them.
phase (FAYZ) (noun)
Any of the stages or forms in any series of changes: Good teaching usually needs to have more than one phase of learning in a lesson.

Don't let the new phase of educational reform faze you, Martin. Remember, we teachers have watched this happen before.

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Word Entries at Get Words: “faze”
faze (verb), fazes; fazed; fazing
To cause someone to feel afraid, upset, or uncertain: Patricia was told that she would never succeed as a writer if she let criticism faze her.

David’s teacher told his English class that the verb faze had several negative meanings; for example: disconcert, fret, disturb, perturb, worry, upset, etc.

A common error that some people make is to spell faze as "phase" and so everyone should be aware that these terms have completely different meanings!

To upset or to disturb.
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