court card vs face card

court card and face card both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
court card	Yes	No	No	No
face card	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, court card and face card are synonyms defined as:

court card and face card: one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face

Other synonyms of court card include picture card.

court card (noun)	face card (noun)
one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face	one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face