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smiley face vs smiling face

Both 'smiley face' and 'smiling face' are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Smiley face' is more commonly used to refer to an emoticon or a drawing of a smiling face, while 'smiling face' is used to describe a face that is currently smiling.

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smiley face

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to an emoticon or a drawing of a smiling face.

This phrase is often used to describe an emoticon or a drawing of a face with a smiling expression.

Examples:

She sent me a text with a smiley face at the end.
The teacher drew a smiley face on my homework.

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Something about a smiley face you might've received.
I got French toast with a whipped cream smiley face.
Thar she blows - classic red john smiley face.
Too bad it's not Christmas - that smiley face of yours would cheer up children for miles around.
Thank you for carving a smiley face in my sandwich.
You see, that's not a smiley face.
Cece just texted me - a smiley face.
It's a smiley face, the universal sign of friendliness.
"Well, good morning to you," smiley face.
I don't think it means - And then he sent me this little yellow smiley face.
Greg, tell me that does not look exactly like a smiley face.
I know we'll all miss seeing his smiley face in here.
Look, I made it with a smiley face.
Before Nebula1 was a smiley face, this is what he looked like.
I put a "+2" on his paper and a big smiley face.
I want to mark it down on my calendar with a big smiley face.
In the hetero-text-ual world, everything is safe if you have a smiley face at the end.
You know, I asked Talbot what it meant, the smiley face.
I made a smiley face with the little marshmallows the way you like.
He actually wrote out the words "smiley face"?

Alternatives:

happy face
smiling emoji
smile symbol
grinning face

smiling face

This phrase is correct and used to describe a face that is currently smiling.

This phrase is used to describe a face that is showing a smile or a happy expression in the moment.

Examples:

She looked at me with a smiling face.
The child's smiling face brightened up the room.

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I want to hold your smiling face.
It is my considered opinion that irony is insult with a smiling face.
A smiling face, a breaking heart.
Because I like your smiling face.
A liar's words, the sham of a smiling face, getting hurt countless times.
All he wants to see is your smiling face before he goes under.
Paradise is just a smiling face.
There's a smiling face I recognise.
Not seeing my smiling face every day.
But the sweetest thing... is your smiling face!
You'll see a smiling face a fireplace
200,000 of them all come with Will's smiling face and a download of his album.
It was hard seeing her smiling face staring up at me every day like nothing bad had ever happened.
All we know, as Commissioner Wallström has just said, is that the smiling face of your spokesman, Mr Shed, concealed the use of these shells.
We love not only those from our brotherhood who chant Allah's names in our midst but everybody who shows a smiling face to beggars such as me, in this mortal world.
And why don't we see - your smiling face there no more?
You tell me, is it not in the smiling face of a child that we find the true wonder of God's grace?
André has this character that is a smiling face that's blinking an eye and, you know, with, like, long legs and walking everywhere, you know, like kind of a cartoon character.
And little Princess Smiling Face, this one's for you.
What's she thinking of... Rin is so sad... Smiling face

Alternatives:

happy face
joyful expression
smiling countenance
cheerful visage

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