Header vs. Leader

Headernoun

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

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

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

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

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

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(programming) lang=en

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

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

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A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

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

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

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(soccer) Someone who heads the ball

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A headlong fall or jump.

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

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A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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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

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

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

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a headlong jump (or fall);

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a shot or pass made with the head.

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a headlong fall or dive.

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

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

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

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

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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.

Leadernoun

any person that leads or directs

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one who goes first

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one having authority to direct

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one who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles

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a person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.

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(music) a performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra

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the first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster

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an animal that leads

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the dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions

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an animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs

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someone or something that leads or conducts

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(botany) a fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant

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a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground

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(UK) the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story

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(fishing) a section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line

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a piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to be threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press

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(marketing) a loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price

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(printing) a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face

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a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number

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(fishing) a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.

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(mining) a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one

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(nautical) a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places

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(engineering) the drive wheel in any kind of machinery

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(meteorology) the path taken by electrons from a cloud to ground level, determining the shape of a bolt of lightning

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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

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The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.

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A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

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a person who rules or guides or inspires others

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a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers