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 A new smart contract paradigm that works today.
 
-A diamond is a contract that implements the Specification in this standard.
+A diamond is a contract with the functionality of multiple contracts that can can share internal functions, libraries and state variables.
 
 Diamonds are powerful, organized, modular, optionally upgradeable, flexible, unlimited in size, and transparent.
 
+A diamond is a contract that implements the Specification in this standard.
+
 Terminology from the diamond industry.
 
 ## What is a Diamond?
 
 A diamond is a contract with external functions that are supplied by contracts called **facets**.
 
+Facets are separate, independent contracts that can share internal functions, libraries and state variables.
+
 ## How a Diamond Works
 
 A diamond stores within it a mapping of function selector to facet address, for example `selectorToFacet`.