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Faze vs Confuse - What's the difference?

faze | confuse |

As verbs the difference between faze and confuse

is that faze is (fazer) while confuse is to thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

faze

English

Alternative forms

* feaze

Verb

(faz)
  • (informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
  • Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.

    Usage notes

    * Citations for in the start in 1830; usage was established by 1890. * The word phase is sometimes used incorrectly for ; they are distinct terms.

    References

    confuse

    English

    Verb

    (confus)
  • To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
  • (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
  • To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
  • To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
  • To mistake one thing for another.
  • Synonyms

    * flummox * mistake * See also

    See also

    * discombobulate ----