go about vs confront

go about and confront both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
go about	No	No	Yes	No
confront	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of go about include face, face up.

go about (verb)	confront (verb)
begin to deal with	deal with (something unpleasant) head on
	present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
	oppose, as in hostility or a competition
	be face to face with