confront vs front

confront is not a noun while front is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confront	No	No	Yes	No
front	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, front is a hyponym of confront; that is, front is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confront:

Other hyponyms of confront include breast, take the bull by the horns, match, oppose, pit, play off.

As verbs, front is a hypernym of confront; that is, front is a word with a broader meaning than confront:

confront: be face to face with
front: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

Other hypernyms of confront include face, look.

confront (noun)	front (noun)
	the side that is seen or that goes first
	the outward appearance of a person
	a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
	the side that is forward or prominent
	the line along which opposing armies face each other
	the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
	the immediate proximity of someone or something
	a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
	(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
	a sphere of activity involving effort

confront (adjective)	front (adjective)
	relating to or located in the front

confront (verb)	front (verb)
deal with (something unpleasant) head on	confront bodily
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize	be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
be face to face with