words wholly unrelated

phase & faze

again, both words are pronounced the same and have overlapping meanings* (ie. “to stun”). the former is associated with stunning through the star trek weapon capable of producing laser beams of various phase. it draws this sense from the latin word phasis which describes the different aspects of the moon. the latter means “to disturb”. it comes from fésian, an old english word with the same meaning.

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*this peculiarity is probably not as coincidental as it may at first seem. if certain words have the same pronunciation, their meanings are probably more likely to drift towards one another over time on account of confusion and wordplay.