Bearing vs. Heading
Bearingverb
present participle of bear
Bearingadjective
(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
Bearingadjective
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
Bearingnoun
A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
Bearingnoun
The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
Bearingnoun
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
Bearingnoun
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
Bearingnoun
(in the plural) Direction or relative position.
Bearingnoun
(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
Bearingnoun
(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
Bearingnoun
The unsupported span.
Bearingnoun
(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
Bearingnoun
The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
Bearingnoun
Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
Bearingnoun
The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
Bearingnoun
Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
Bearingnoun
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
Bearingnoun
That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall.
Bearingnoun
The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.
Bearingnoun
Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms - commonly in the pl.
Bearingnoun
The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W.
Bearingnoun
relevant relation or interconnection;
Bearingnoun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
Bearingnoun
dignified manner or conduct
Bearingnoun
characteristic way of bearing one's body;
Bearingnoun
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Bearingnoun
a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
Bearingadjective
(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
Bearingadjective
producing or yielding;
Headingverb
present participle of head
Headingnoun
The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
Headingnoun
(nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
Headingnoun
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
Headingnoun
(mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
Headingnoun
(sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Headingnoun
(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Headingnoun
The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
Headingnoun
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
Headingnoun
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
Headingnoun
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; the vein above a drift.
Headingnoun
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Headingnoun
That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Headingnoun
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;
Headingnoun
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
Headingnoun
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
Headingnoun
a title at the head of a page or section of a book
Headingnoun
a division of a subject; a class or category
Headingnoun
a direction or bearing
Headingnoun
a horizontal passage made in preparation for building a tunnel.
Headingnoun
another term for drift (sense 4 of the noun)
Headingnoun
a strip of cloth at the top of a curtain above the hooks or wire by which it is suspended.
