Face vs. Experience
Face and Experience Definitions
Face
The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
Experience
The apprehension of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind
A child's first experience of snow.
Face
A person
We saw many new faces on the first day of classes.
Experience
Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill
A lesson taught by experience.
A carpenter with experience in roof repair.
Face
A person's countenance
A happy face.
Experience
The knowledge or skill so derived.
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Face
A contorted facial expression; a grimace
Made a face at the prospect of eating lemons.
Experience
An event or a series of events participated in or lived through.
Face
A countenance of a certain complexion or form. Used in combination
Babyface.
Frogface.
Experience
The totality of such events in the past of an individual or group.
Face
A person having such a countenance. Used in combination
Paleface.
Experience
To participate in personally; undergo
Experience a great adventure.
Experienced loneliness.
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Face
Facial makeup
Put one's face on.
Experience
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
It was an experience he would not soon forget.
Face
Facial makeup of a certain color, usually worn for the purpose of impersonating or mocking people of a particular racial or ethnic group. Used in combination
Applied blackface.
Experience
(countable) An activity one has performed.
Face
Assumed characteristics, such as clothing or behavior, intended to impersonate or mock people of a particular racial or ethnic group. Used in combination
Dressing up in yellowface.
Experience
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
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Face
Outward appearance
The modern face of the city.
Experience
(uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
Face
Value or standing in the eyes of others; prestige
Did their best to save face after they were shown to be wrong.
Did not want to lose face by being unable to live up to his reputation.
Experience
Trial; a test or experiment.
Face
Self-assurance; confidence
The team managed to maintain a firm face even in times of great adversity.
Experience
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
Face
Effrontery; impudence
Had the face to question my judgment.
Experience
Trial, as a test or experiment.
She caused him to make experienceUpon wild beasts.
Face
The surface presented to view; the front.
Experience
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.
When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting.
Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it.
Face
A façade.
Experience
An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.
Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience.
Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment.
Face
Outer surface
The face of the earth.
Experience
To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.
The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India.
Face
A marked side
The face of a clock.
The face of a playing card.
Experience
To exercise; to train by practice.
The youthful sailors thus with early careTheir arms experience, and for sea prepare.
Face
The right side, as of fabric.
Experience
The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities;
A man of experience
Experience is the best teacher
Face
An exposed, often precipitous surface of rock.
Experience
The content of direct observation or participation in an event;
He had a religious experience
He recalled the experience vividly
Face
A planar surface of a geometric solid.
Experience
An event as apprehended;
A surprising experience
That painful experience certainly got our attention
Face
Any of the surfaces of a rock or crystal.
Experience
Go or live through;
We had many trials to go through
He saw action in Viet Nam
Face
The end, as of a mine or tunnel, at which work is advancing.
Experience
Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
I know the feeling!
Have you ever known hunger?
I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
I lived through two divorces
Face
The appearance and geologic surface features of an area of land; topography.
Experience
Of mental or physical states or experiences;
Get an idea
Experience vertigo
Get nauseous
Undergo a strange sensation
The chemical undergoes a sudden change
The fluid undergoes shear
Receive injuries
Have a feeling
Face
A typeface or range of typefaces.
Experience
Undergo an emotional sensation;
She felt resentful
He felt regret
Face
The raised printing surface of a piece of type.
Experience
Undergo;
The stocks had a fast run-up
Face
To occupy a position with the face toward
Stood and faced the audience.
Face
To front on
A window that faces the south.
Face
To meet or confront with self-assurance
How can I face your parents when they know that I've let them down?.
Face
To acknowledge and accept or deal with
Had to face the facts.
Must be willing to face our problems.
Face
To be certain to encounter; have in store
An unskilled youth faces a difficult life.
Face
To bring or to be brought face to face with
"The prospect of military conflict ... faced us with nightmarish choices" (Henry A. Kissinger).
Face
To cause (troops) to change direction by giving a command.
Face
(Games) To turn (a playing card) so that the face is up.
Face
To furnish with a surface or cover of a different material
Bronze that is faced with gold foil.
Face
To line or trim the edge of, especially with contrasting material
Face a hem with lace.
Face
To treat the surface of so as to smooth.
Face
To be turned or placed with the front toward a specified direction.
Face
To turn the face in a specified direction.
Face
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
That girl has a pretty face.
The monkey pressed its face against the railings.
Face
One's facial expression.
Why the sad face?
Face
(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
Children! Stop making faces at each other!
Face
Image; outward appearance.
Our chairman is the face of this company.
He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.
Face
The frontal aspect of something.
The face of the cliff loomed above them.
Face
An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
This is a face of her that we have not seen before.
Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.
Face
(figurative) presence; sight; front.
To fly in the face of danger
To speak before the face of God
Face
The directed force of something.
They turned the boat into the face of the storm.
Face
Reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
Face
Confidence; boldness; effrontery.
You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.
Face
Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.
They climbed the north face of the mountain.
She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth.
Face
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
Face
The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
Face
(slang) The mouth.
Shut your face!
He's always stuffing his face with chips.
Face
(slang) makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.
Face
(metonymically) A person; the self; oneself.
It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.
He better not show his face around here no more.
Face
(informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.
Face
A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.
Face
(cricket) The front surface of a bat.
Face
(golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
Face
(cards) 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).
Face
(heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
Face
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
A pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face
Face
(typography) A typeface.
Face
A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
Face
(informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
Face
To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
Face the sun.
Face
To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
Turn the chair so it faces the table.
Face
(transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
Face
(transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
We are facing an uncertain future.
Face
(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.
Face
(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
The seats in the carriage faced backwards.
Face
(transitive) To have as an opponent.
Real Madrid face Juventus in the quarter-finals.
Face
To be the batsman on strike.
Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.
Face
To confront impudently; to bully.
Face
(transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
A building faced with marble
Face
(transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
To face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
Face
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.
Face
(engineering) 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 (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
Face
To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.
Face
The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.
A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground.
Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.
Face
That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.
Face
The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object.
Face
The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc.
Face
Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.
To set a face upon their own malignant design.
This would produce a new face of things in Europe.
We wear a face of joy, becauseWe have been glad of yore.
Face
That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
Face
Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.
We set the best faceon it we could.
Face
Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac.
Face
Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations.
Face
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of.
Face
Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.
The Lord make his face to shine upon thee.
My face [favor] will I turn also from them.
Face
The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.
Face
The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount; most commonly called face value.
Face
To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle.
I'll faceThis tempest, and deserve the name of king.
Face
To Confront impudently; to bully.
I will neither be facednor braved.
Face
To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park; some of the seats on the train faced backward.
He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland.
Face
To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.
Face
To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.
Face
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.
Face
To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.
Face
To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
Face
To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite.
Face
To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.
Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid!
Face
To present a face or front.
Face
The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear;
He washed his face
I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
Face
The expression on a person's face;
A sad expression
A look of triumph
An angry face
Face
The general outward appearance of something;
The face of the city is changing
Face
The act of confronting bravely;
He hated facing the facts
He excelled in the face of danger
Face
The striking or working surface of an implement
Face
A part of a person that is used to refer to a person;
He looked out at a roomful of faces
When he returned to work he met many new faces
Face
A surface forming part of the outside of an object;
He examined all sides of the crystal
Dew dripped from the face of the leaf
Face
The part of an animal corresponding to the human face
Face
The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object);
He dealt the cards face down
Face
A contorted facial expression;
She made a grimace at the prospect
Face
A specific size and style of type within a type family
Face
Status in the eyes of others;
He lost face
Face
Impudent aggressiveness;
I couldn't believe her boldness
He had the effrontery to question my honesty
Face
A vertical surface of a building or cliff
Face
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on;
You must confront your problems
He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
Face
Oppose, as in hostility or a competition;
You must confront your opponent
Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring
The two enemies finally confronted each other
Face
Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to;
The house looks north
My backyard look onto the pond
The building faces the park
Face
Be opposite;
The facing page
The two sofas face each other
Face
Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction;
Turn and face your partner now
Face
Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;
We confronted him with the evidence
He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions
An enormous dilemma faces us
Face
Turn so as to expose the face;
Face a playing card
Face
Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material;
Face the lapels of the jacket
Face
Cover the front or surface of;
The building was faced with beautiful stones
