set about vs face up

set about and face up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
set about	No	No	Yes	No
face up	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of set about include confront, face.

set about (verb)	face up (verb)
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action	deal with (something unpleasant) head on
enter upon an activity or enterprise
begin to deal with