View source for Fazed - phased

Confusing these two is one of the most common spelling errors in ''The Guardian'' ([[Marsh and Marshall]], 2004).

* Processes, plans and developments may be [[phase]]d (~ 'introduced in stages').  So, in a different sense, may be wireless and electricity - including lighting effects at discos, etc.

* People, and occasionally other animals, may be '''fazed''' (~ 'startled', 'surprised' or 'discomposed').

::Do not confuse these two.  It is easiest in most academic English to avoid '''fazed''' altogether -  and only to use '''phased''' if you are working in the sort of technological subject, like Management or Electrical Engineering, where you have to.

The then [[Poet Laureate]] [[Robert Bridges]] pointed out a [[homophone]] of [[phase]] with [[Phase - fays (''pl. of fay'')|fays]], the plural of 'fay', a more or less obsolete spelling of '''fairy''',  in his [[:category:Bridges VII|List VII]] of [[:category: Bridges homophones]]. See [[Phase - fays]].

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