Detect
Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Face
Face verb - To stand or sit with the face or front toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Obviously, it's easier to detect a white face with dark hair, dark eyebrows, dark eyelashes and red lips than it is to detect those same features on darker skin.
Source: Artificial Stupidity / Real Life -
He has similar powers to the Queen of Fables, and can somehow detect and attack someone who is using Super Speed, making him a tough foe for Flash to face.
Source: Mage in Manhattan -
The guards' ability to detect you is about as good as a straight line from their face, however.
Source: Video Game / Freedom Wars
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Face and Detect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detect/face
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Face or Detect. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detect/face.
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