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Faced vs Confronted - What's the difference?

faced | confronted |

As verbs the difference between faced and confronted

is that faced is past tense of face while confronted is past tense of confront.

As an adjective faced

is drunk.

faced

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (face)

    • Etymology 2

    abbreviation of shit-faced

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) drunk
    • "The First Time I Got Faced " — [http://www.lebofsky.com/write/alt.html]
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    confronted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (confront)

    • confront

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
    • We should confront him about the missing money.
  • To deal with.
  • To something bring face to face with.
  • To come up against; to encounter.
  • To engage in confrontation.
  • To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  • To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

    • Derived terms

    * confrontation * confrontational * confronter * confrontment

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