What is the difference between 'phase' and 'faze'? - Learn English with Mr Duncan in England

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Here is an interesting word that we can use when we want to describe a period of change,
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or a type of behaviour that occurs during a certain period or point.
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We will often use this word to show the change of something as part of an overall transformation.
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The stages of something occurring will often use this particular word.
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Today's word is ‘phase’.
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The word ‘phase’ can be used as both a noun and a verb.
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As a noun the word ‘phase’ means a distinct period or stage in a series of events, or a process of change or development.
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That is to say, the movement or change that occurs in different stages.
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For example, the stages of development of a person from a new-born baby to a grown adult.
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There are many phases of development within this period.
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We can talk about one particular phase or many phases that result in the final outcome.
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A naughty child might be described as going through a phase.
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Quite often this is used in a negative way.
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“Don't worry, it's just a phase he's going through.”
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The word phase can also refer to each of the aspects of the moon or a planet, according to the amount of its illumination.
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We often talk about the phases of the moon in our own sky.
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As a verb the word ‘phase’ means carry out something in gradual stages.
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Quite often, a long project will need to be carried out in phases.
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Normally these phases will be numbered, such as phase one, phase two, and so on.
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The gradual completion will be phased over a period of time.
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We can sometimes use the phrase ‘phase out’ or ‘phase in’.
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To phase out something means to slowly remove it.
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To phase in something means to slowly introduce it.
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You might phase out the use of petrol engines in motor cars.
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You will then phase in electric powered motor cars.
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One thing is being removed and the other thing is being introduced.
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The word phase relates to the parts of a process.
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Each individual stage, a period of change.
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A period of change and what occurs during that change is a phase.
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There is also another word that sounds the same as phase.
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However, it is spelled differently and also has a completely different meaning.
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This particular spelling relates to being surprised. A person might be ‘fazed’ by something.
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To ‘faze’ someone is to surprise them.
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To astonish someone, or to be surprised and shocked by something is ‘faze’.
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A big announcement that you weren't expecting might faze you.
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It leaves you shocked, surprised, dumbfounded, and stunned.
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