picture card vs face card

picture card and face card both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of picture card include court card.

picture 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