Racer vs Facer - What's the difference?
racer | facer |
Someone who takes part in a race.
A racehorse.
An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
A vehicle or other device used for racing.
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
As nouns the difference between racer and facer
is that racer is someone who takes part in a race while facer is an unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.racer
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(en noun)Anagrams
* ----facer
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(en noun)- I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer .