Similar words
cara
faz is literary or poetic for "face"; cara is the everyday word.
rostro
rostro is a formal or literary word for "face," also common; faz is even more literary or archaic.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
rosto
rosto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "face."
Practice
1 What does faz mean?
face
2 Fill the gap: La ___ de la Tierra.
Full sentence: La faz de la Tierra. (The face of the Earth.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches faz?
faz: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.