Phase vs. Phrase

A distinct stage of development

A sequence of words that have meaning, especially when forming part of a sentence.

A temporary manner, attitude, or pattern of behavior

A characteristic way or mode of expression

An aspect; a part

A brief, apt, and cogent expression

One of the cyclically recurring apparent shapes of the visibly illuminated portion of the moon or a planet.

(Music) A short passage or segment, often consisting of four measures or forming part of a larger unit.

The relative configuration, measured in angular units such as degrees or radians, of two orbiting bodies that periodically eclipse.

A series of dance movements forming a unit in a choreographic pattern.

A particular stage in a periodic process or phenomenon.

To express orally or in writing

The fraction of a complete cycle elapsed as measured from a specified reference point and often expressed as an angle.

To divide (a passage) into phrases.

Any of the forms or states, solid, liquid, gas, or plasma, in which matter can exist, depending on temperature and pressure.

To combine (notes) in a phrase.

A discrete homogeneous part of a material system that is mechanically separable from the rest, as is ice from water.

To make or express phrases.

(Biology) A characteristic form, appearance, or stage of development that occurs in a cycle or that distinguishes some individuals of a group

(Music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.

To plan or carry out systematically by phases.

A short written or spoken expression.

To set or regulate so as to be synchronized.

(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.

To become incorporeal so as to be able to move through a solid object

(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.

A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

(archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

(dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.

(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

(astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.

To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.

(physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

To divide into melodic phrases.

(chemistry) A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.

(zoology) In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age.

A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human.

(rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.

A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.

(genetics) A haplotype.

A short clause or portion of a period.

(math) The arctangent of the quotient formed by dividing the imaginary part of a complex number by the real part.

To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style.

(music) A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies

To use proper or fine phrases.

(electrical engineering) In a polyphase electrical power system, one of the power-carrying conductors, or the alternating current carried by it.

an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb

To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).

a short musical passage

Antique form of faze.

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.

put into words or an expression;

To pass into or through a solid object.

(science fiction) To use a phaser.

(obsolete) Passover

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.

Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.

A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon.

Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

A homogenous, physically distinct portion of matter in a system not homogeneous; as, the three phases, ice, water, and aqueous vapor. A phase may be either a single chemical substance or a mixture, as of gases.

In certain birds and mammals, one of two or more color variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age. Some of the herons which appear in white and colored phases, and certain squirrels which are sometimes uniformly blackish instead of the usual coloration, furnish examples. Color phases occur also in other animals, notably in butterflies.

The relation at any instant of a periodically varying electric magnitude, as electro-motive force, a current, etc., to its initial value as expressed in factorial parts of the complete cycle. It is usually expressed in angular measure, the cycle beb four right angles, or 360°. Such periodic variations are generally well represented by sine curves; and phase relations are shown by the relative positions of the crests and hollows of such curves. Magnitudes which have the same phase are said to be in phase.

the relation at any instant of any cyclically varying physical quantity, such as voltage in an A.C. circuit, an electromagnetic wave, a sound wave, or a rotating object, to its initial value as expressed as a fractional part of the complete cycle. It is usually expressed in angular measure, the complete cycle being 360°.

To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus; - an older spelling, now replaced by faze.

(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary;

any distinct time period in a sequence of events;

a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun);

arrange in phases or stages;

adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition;