face vs breast

face and breast both are nouns.

face and breast both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
face	Yes	No	Yes	No
breast	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

face: oppose, as in hostility or a competition
breast: confront bodily

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

face (noun)	breast (noun)
a vertical surface of a building or cliff	the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)	either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
the striking or working surface of an implement	the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
the general outward appearance of something	meat carved from the breast of a fowl
status in the eyes of others
impudent aggressiveness
the feelings expressed on a person's face
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
a specific size and style of type within a type family
a contorted facial expression
a surface forming part of the outside of an object
a part of a person that is used to refer to a person

face (verb)	breast (verb)
deal with (something unpleasant) head on	confront bodily
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize	reach the summit (of a mountain)
oppose, as in hostility or a competition	meet at breast level
line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
cover the front or surface of
turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
turn so as to expose the face
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
be opposite

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