Facet vs Facer - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between facet and facer

is that facet is any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem while facer is an unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.

As a verb facet

is to cut a facet into a gemstone.

facet

English

(wikipedia facet)

Noun

(en noun)

Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

This facet of the diamond was masterfully cut to enhance its value.

One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.

The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.

One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.

We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it .

(anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.

(anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.

the articular facet of a bone

(architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

(mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.

Derived terms

* multifaceted

Verb

To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Usage notes

* Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.

facer

English

Noun

(en noun)

An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat

* 2005' : "You're such a snob," she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a '''facer . - , (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 6)

(obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

(obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.

* Charles Kingsley

I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer .

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