Voiceless noun endings with voiced verb endings

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We can use that idea.
That idea has no conceivable use.
It is necessary to house these students.
The will reside in that house.
I cannot prove that.
I have no proof.
I can breathe.
Every breath I take is worth it.
Live long and prosper.
Have a long life.
Save your money.
Your money is safe.

Here we have pairs in which a verb ends with a voiced consonant and a corresponding noun with a corresponding voiceless consonant (except that "safe" is a noun perhaps only in the sense in which that term is used in a Latin grammar that I saw that was published in 1709, and disinguished between two kinds of "nouns": substantives and adjectives).

Is there a name for this sort of pair?
Is there any list of such pairs in standard use in English?

Related: Why are “using” and “user” pronounced with “s” as “z” while “use” just uses “s”?, When does “e” at the end of a noun change it to a verb? — herisson, Dec 20 '19 at 03:44
@Kris : Can you be more specific? This is a question about one language, not about language in general. — Michael Hardy, Dec 21 '19 at 04:07
Linguistics is also about the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of individual languages. — Kris, Dec 21 '19 at 08:16
I see someone has down-voted this question when no one has verbally expressed any objection to it. If I call this cowardice then someone will be offended, so I won't do that. — Michael Hardy, Dec 25 '19 at 02:32
Interesting question! +1. I have also noticed this phenomenon and I searched a lot but I did not find any useful information. If I found anything useful, I'll answer your question. — Decapitated Soul, May 27 '20 at 09:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '19 at 16:32

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I don't know a name for this, but it is a well-established phenomenon of English.

Other examples are

belief/believe
grief/grieve
bath/bathe
mouth/mouth
wreath/wreathe
glass/glaze
grass/graze
brass/braze

answered Dec 25 '19 at 16:32

Colin Fine

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I don't know why I missed "belief/believe" in my list. – Michael Hardy Dec 25 '19 at 20:25
loose/lose. close/close. – Michael Hardy Jan 04 '20 at 21:07
Both rather special cases, @MichaelHardy: Loose and close are primarily adjectives, It's not clear that loose is cognate with lose (though it has influenced its pronunciation), and close (n) with an /s/ is a special meaning. close (n) with /z/ is closer (!) in meaning to close (v). – Colin Fine Jan 05 '20 at 00:13
half/halve. .......... – Michael Hardy Jan 05 '20 at 04:40
Good. And calf/calve. – Colin Fine Jan 05 '20 at 20:25
breath/breathe. cloth/clothe. – Michael Hardy Jan 05 '20 at 20:32
Breath/breathe was in your original post. – Colin Fine Jan 05 '20 at 20:33
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I see. One of the problems in making a list is that you have to keep a list. – Michael Hardy Jan 05 '20 at 20:36

Voiceless noun endings with voiced verb endings

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