face vs confront

[bosun]

What is the differnce between face and confront and why can' I use confront in the following underlined part?

The Point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people ([B]face or confront?) [/B]in everyday situations.

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the differnce between face and confront and why can' I use confront in the following underlined part?

The Point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people ([B]face or confront?) [/B]in everyday situations.

You can face a situation or a difficulty without confronting it. If you are faced with a problem, it simply means that it exists, it is in your way. If you then go on to confront it, then you start to deal with it.

Every day I face an uncomfortable journey to work because there is a man on the train who stares at me.
Yesterday, I confronted the man who stares at me. He apologised and said he won't do it again. I'm glad I won't have to face that problem again.