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Facing vs Lacing - What's the difference?

facing | lacing |

As nouns the difference between facing and lacing

is that facing is the most external portion of exterior siding while lacing is that with which something is laced.

As verbs the difference between facing and lacing

is that facing is present participle of lang=en while lacing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective facing

is diverging in the direction of travel.

facing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rail transport, of points and crossovers) diverging in the direction of travel.

    • Antonyms

    * trailing

    Derived terms

    * facing points

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The most external portion of exterior siding.
  • (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
  • (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
  • (military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
  • (military, mostly, plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • lacing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That with which something is laced.
    • A light lacing of rum goes into the cake batter.
  • The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
  • A beating as punishment; a hiding.
  • * 1964 , Tom Pyle, ?Beth Day Romulo, Pocantico: Fifty Years on the Rockefeller Domain (page 168)
    • The Nelson family chauffeur, Ed, told me that Steven was missing. Ed was angry that the kid had run off, and he said when he got his hands on him he was going to give him a good lacing

    See also

    * shoelace