facial recognition vs face recognition

facial recognition and face recognition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
facial recognition	Yes	No	No	No
face recognition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, facial recognition and face recognition are synonyms defined as:

facial recognition and face recognition: biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces

Other synonyms of facial recognition include automatic face recognition.

facial recognition (noun)	face recognition (noun)
biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces	the visual perception of familiar faces
	biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces