face: is the simple, direct, and also the inclusive term: a strikingly handsome ~.


countenance: applies to a face as seen and as revealing a mood, character, or attitude: the benign ~ of my grandmother.


visage: suggests attention to shape and proportions of the face and sometimes to the impressions it gives or the changes in moods it reflects: a penetrating gaze and an aquiline nose gave him a birdlike ~.  （aquiline鹰的of an eagle，最常用于形容人的鼻子，叫鹰钩鼻的因为像鹰的弯曲的鸟喙(niǎo huì,beak)，想成"爱飞来"来记）  (visage强调印象，或好或坏，如his milky-white innocent visage他白嫩无邪的面孔)

physiognomy: suggests attention to the contours and characteristic expression as indicative of  race, temperament, disease, or qualities of mind or character: a youth with the ~ of a warrior.


face脸: 是最简单直接通用的词，countenance面容: 指看到的脸部，能反映出心情态度品格等，visage面孔: 强调脸的形状五官等所给人的印象或反映的心情，physiognomy面容: 强调轮廓表情等所展现出的民族性格疾病思想品质等


记忆方法: 1）首字母FCVP想成孙悟空或者猴子的脸非常顽皮<==面容


         2）面容的意思是头的前部从额头到下颚mean the front part of the head from forehead to chin.