broad vs facing

broad

noun
  • A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. 

  • A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. 

  • A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. 

  • A kind of floodlight. 

adj
  • General rather than specific. 

  • Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. 

  • Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. 

  • Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. 

  • Unsubtle; obvious. 

  • Plain; evident. 

  • Free; unrestrained; unconfined. 

  • Strongly regional. 

  • Wide in extent or scope. 

  • Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. 

facing

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. 

adj
  • Diverging in the direction of travel. 

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

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