bound vs facing

bound

adj
  • Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). 

  • That cannot stand alone as a free word. 

  • Very likely (to), certain to 

  • Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound. 

  • Obliged (to). 

  • Constrained by a quantifier. 

  • Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound. 

noun
  • A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. 

  • A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values. 

  • A sizeable jump, great leap. 

  • A spring from one foot to the other in dancing. 

verb
  • To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of. 

  • To be the bound of. 

  • I bound the splint to my leg. 

  • To leap, move by jumping. 

  • The rabbit bounded down the lane. 

  • To cause to leap. 

facing

adj
  • Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) 

  • Diverging in the direction of travel. 

noun
  • Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. 

  • A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 

  • The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. 

  • The most external portion of exterior siding. 

  • The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. 

How often have the words bound and facing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )