Header vs. Heading

Headernoun

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

Headernoun

Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

Headernoun

Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

Headernoun

(informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

Headernoun

(computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

Headernoun

(programming) lang=en

Headernoun

(networking) the first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors

Headernoun

A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher.

Headernoun

A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

Headernoun

A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

Headernoun

(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.

Headernoun

(soccer) Someone who heads the ball

Headernoun

A headlong fall or jump.

Headernoun

A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.

Headernoun

A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

Headernoun

The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.

Headerverb

To strike (a ball) with one's head.

Headernoun

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

Headernoun

One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.

Headernoun

A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

Headernoun

A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

Headernoun

A fall or plunge head first, as while riding a bicycle, or a skateboard, or in bathing; - sometimes, implying the striking of the head on the ground; as, to take a header.

Headernoun

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

Headernoun

horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

Headernoun

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

Headernoun

a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

Headernoun

a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

Headernoun

(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

Headernoun

a headlong jump (or fall);

Headernoun

a shot or pass made with the head.

Headernoun

a headlong fall or dive.

Headernoun

a brick or stone laid at right angles to the face of a wall.

Headernoun

a line or block of text appearing at the top of each page of a book or document.

Headernoun

the part of an email before the message, containing information such as the subject and sender.

Headernoun

a raised tank of water maintaining pressure in a plumbing system.

Headernoun

a person who ropes a steer by its head (as opposed to its heels), especially in a team-roping rodeo event

Headernoun

a mad or foolish person.

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.