Foot vs Face - What's the difference?
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(countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. (jump)
(countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump)
(uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (walking)
(countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump)
(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
(countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump)
(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump)
(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
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, chapter=20 (military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump)
* Clarendon
(countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
(countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
(countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump)
(countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump)
(countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
(countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
(countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
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(countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
(countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump)
(countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)
* Berkeley
Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)
* Walpole
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
To walk.
To tread.
(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
* Shakespeare
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up .
(lb) The front part of the head, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth and the surrounding area.
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The public image; outward appearance.
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The frontal aspect of something.
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(lb) Presence; sight; front.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
The directed force of something.
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Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See'' lose face''', ' save face ).
Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
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(lb) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
Any surface; especially a front or outer one.
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*(Bible), (w) ii.6:
*:A mistwatered the whole face of the ground.
*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
*:Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face .
The numbered dial of a clock or watch.
(lb) The mouth.
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(lb) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
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Short for babyface. A wrestler whose on-ring persona is embodying heroic or virtuous traits. Contrast with heel.
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(lb) The front surface of a bat.
(lb) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
(lb) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
(lb) A typeface.
Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
*(Bible), (w) vi.25:
*:The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.
*(Bible), (w) vii.22:
*:My face [favour] will I turn also from them.
(lb) An interface.
*2003 May 14, Bart Leeten, Kris Meukens,
*:For clarity reasons and to stress that JavaServer Faces is not only about ‘visual’ user interfaces, we propose to use the term ‘face ’, to express what for visual interfaces is typically named a ‘screen’.
The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
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To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland.
(lb) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
(lb) To deal with (a difficult situation or person).
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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king.
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, title= (lb) To have the front in a certain direction.
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(lb) To have as an opponent.
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, title= To be the batsman on strike.
(lb) To confront impudently; to bully.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I will neither be faced nor braved.
To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
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To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
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To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
(lb) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
As a noun foot
is .As a verb face is
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English
(wikipedia foot)Noun
(feet)citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
- His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .
- (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
- As to his being on the foot of a servant.
Usage notes
* (jump) The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is (feet), but in many contexts, (term) itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ. * It is sometimes abbreviated ' , such as in tables, lists or drawings.Derived terms
* a closed mouth gathers no feet * afoot * acre-foot * athlete's foot * best foot * Bigfoot * board foot * clubfoot * Chinese foot * cubic foot * footage * foot-and-mouth disease * football * footboard * footboy * foot brake * footbridge * footcandle * footfall * foot fault * footgear * foothill * foothold * footing * foot-in-mouth disease * foot iron * foot landraker * footlights * foot line * footlocker * footloose * foot louse * footly * footman * foot-mouth * footnote * footpad * footpath * foot-pound * foot post * footprint * foot pump * footrest * footrope * footsie * footsie-wootsies * foot soldier * footsore * footstep * footstone * footstool * foot warmer * footwear * footwell * footwork * footworn * four foot * get one's foot in the door * Hong Kong foot * immersion foot * itchy feet * Japanese foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * rabbit's foot * Roman foot * shoot oneself in the foot * six foot * square foot * start off on the wrong foot * trench foot * wrongfoot * See alsoCoordinate terms
* inch, yard, mile * (jump) head, sides * (jump) head, body * head, leech, luff * (jump) head, cleft, neck * (jump) horseSee also
* , relating to the footVerb
(en verb)- (Dryden)
- (Shakespeare)
- to foot the green
- (Tickell)
- What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
- (Shakespeare)
- to foot (or foot up) an account
Derived terms
* foot the billReferences
face
English
(wikipedia face)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces' were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's ' face ; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
citation, passage=‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.
JSR127 JavaServer Faces, VERSIE, p.1/6:
Synonyms
* (part of head) countenance, visage, phiz (obsolete), phizog (obsolete) * (facial expression) countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage * (the front or outer surface) foreside * (public image) image, public image, reputation * (of a polyhedron) facet (different specialised meaning in mathematical use), surface (not in mathematical use) * cakehole, gob, mush, piehole, trap * good guy, hero * See alsoDerived terms
* baby face * blackfaced * facebook * face down * faceless * facelet * face-off * face-saving * face that would stop a clock * face to face, face-to-face * face up * face value * fall on one's face * feed one's face * fill one's face * game face * hatchet-faced * in face of * in one's face * in the face of * just another pretty face * lose face * manface * not just a pretty face * pizza face * pull a face * put a good face on * ratface * rock face * save face * shit-faced * stare someone in the face * suck face * whitefacedVerb
(fac)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=And a further boost to England's qualification prospects came after the final whistle when Wales recorded a 2-1 home win over group rivals Montenegro, who Capello's men face in their final qualifier.}}
Synonyms
* * (have its front closest to) * (deal with) confront, deal withDerived terms
* face down * face facts * face the music * face up to * in-your-face * in your faceSee also
* (Face) * * * *Statistics
*External links
*MathWorld article on geometrical faces*
Faces in programming*
JavaServer Faces* (commonslite)
