different between facet vs facade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæs?t/
• Rhymes: -æs?t

Noun

facet (plural facets)

1. Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

2. One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.

   Synonym: aspect

   The child's learning disability was only one facet of the problems contributing to his delinquency.

3. One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.

   We had just about completed the research facet of the project when the order came to cancel it.

4. (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
5. (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.

   the articular facet of a bone

6. (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
7. (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.
8. (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
9. (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.

Derived terms

• multifaceted
• facetal

Translations

Verb

facet (third-person singular simple present facets, present participle faceting or facetting, simple past and past participle faceted or facetted)

1. To cut a facet into a gemstone.

Usage notes

• Faceting and faceted are more common in the US. Facetting and facetted are more common in the UK.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette (“facet”), diminutive of face.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas?t/, [fa?s?d?]

Noun

facet c (singular definite facetten, plural indefinite facetter)

1. facet

Declension

Further reading

• facet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “facet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French facette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa??s?t/
• Hyphenation: fa?cet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

facet n (plural facetten, diminutive facetje n)

1. facet

Derived terms

• facetoog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: faset
• ? Indonesian: faset

Polish

Etymology

From Latin fac?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.t?s?t/

Noun

facet m pers (diminutive facecik, feminine facetka)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, chap

Declension

Further reading

• facet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• facet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Alternative forms

• façade (French spelling with the cedilla)

Etymology

From French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faci?s (“face”); compare face.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /f??sa?d/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /f??s??d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Noun

facade (plural facades)

1. (architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
   • 1865, James Fergusson, A History of Architecture in All Countries

     In Egypt the façades of their rock-cut tombs were […] ornamented so simply and unobtrusively as rather to belie than to announce their internal magnificence.

   • 1880, Charles Eliot Norton, Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages

     Like so many of the finest churches, [the cathedral of Siena] was furnished with a plain substantial front wall, intended to serve as the backing and support of an ornamental façade.

   • The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?; […]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”

   • 2005, Peter Brandvold, “Ghost Colts”, in Robert J. Randisi (ed.), Lone Star Law,^[1] Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN, page 179,

     Eight or so gunmen stood shoulder to shoulder in the gray-white trail before the barn, firing into the saloon's burning, bullet-pocked facade.

2. (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ.
3. (figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front.
4. (programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.

Synonyms

• (face of a building): face, front, frontage
• (deceptive outward appearance): appearance, cover, front, guise, pretence, show

Coordinate terms

• (front of a building): frontage
• (deceptive appearance): See Thesaurus:fake

Related terms

• facade pattern

Translations

Further reading

• facade at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “facade”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Danish

Etymology

From French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faci?s (“face”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fa?sæ?ð?]
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

facade c (singular definite facaden, plural indefinite facader)

1. façade

Inflection