The difference between Forward and Front

Forward as an adjective:

Toward the front or at the front.

Forward as an adjective:

Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.

Forward as an adjective (finance):

Expected in the future.

Forward as an adjective:

Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.

Forward as an adjective:

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.

Forward as an adverb:

Towards the front or from the front.

Forward as an adverb:

In the usual direction of travel.

Forward as an adverb:

Into the future.

Forward as a verb (transitive):

To advance, promote.

Forward as a verb (transitive):

To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.

Forward as a verb (transitive, bookbinding):

To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.

Forward as a noun (rugby):

One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).

Forward as a noun (soccer):

A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Forward as a noun (ice hockey):

An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.

Forward as a noun (basketball):

The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.

Forward as a noun (nautical):

The front part of a vessel.

Forward as a noun (Internet):

An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.

Forward as a noun (dialectal, or, obsolete):

Agreement; covenant.

Forward as a noun:

Front as a noun:

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Front as a noun:

The side of a building with the main entrance.

Front as a noun:

A field of activity.

Front as a noun:

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Front as a noun (meteorology):

The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

Front as a noun (military):

An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

Front as a noun (military):

The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

Front as a noun (military):

The direction of the enemy.

Front as a noun (military):

When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

Front as a noun (dated):

Cheek; boldness; impudence.

Front as a noun (informal):

An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

Front as a noun (historical):

That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

Front as a noun:

The most conspicuous part.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

The beginning.

Front as a noun (UK):

a seafront or coastal promenade.

Front as a noun (obsolete):

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Front as a noun (slang, hotels, dated):

The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

Front as a noun (slang, in the plural):

A grill .

Front as an adjective:

Located at or near the front.

Front as an adjective (comparable, phonetics):

Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

Front as a verb (intransitive, dated):

To face (, ); to be pointed in a given direction.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To face, be opposite to.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Front as a verb (phonetics, transitive, intransitive):

To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Front as a verb (linguistics, transitive):

To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Front as a verb (intransitive, slang):

To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Front as a verb (transitive):

To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Front as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Front as a verb (intransitive, slang):

To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Front as a verb (transitive):

To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Front as a verb:

To appear before, as in to front court.