Head vs. Director

Head vs. Director — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Head and Director

Headnoun

(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.

Directornoun

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Headnoun

(people) To do with heads.

Directornoun

A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.

Headnoun

(animals) To do with heads.

Directornoun

That which directs or orientates something.

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Headnoun

(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

What does it say at the head of the page?

Directornoun

(military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.

Headnoun

The end of a table.

Directornoun

(chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

Headnoun

(countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.

Directornoun

someone who controls resources and expenditures

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Headnoun

The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.

Directornoun

member of a board of directors

Headnoun

(engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.

Directornoun

someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Headnoun

Deposits near the top of a geological succession.

Directornoun

the person who leads a musical group

Headnoun

(medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.

Headnoun

(music) The headstock of a guitar.

Headnoun

(nautical) A leading component.

Headnoun

(British) A headland.

Headnoun

A leader or expert.

Headnoun

The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.

Headnoun

Leader; chief; mastermind.

I'd like to speak to the head of the department.Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.

Headnoun

A headmaster or headmistress.

I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour.

Headnoun

A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.

Only true heads know this.

Headnoun

A significant or important part.

Headnoun

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

Headnoun

A component.

Headnoun

Headway; progress.

We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.

Headnoun

Topic; subject.

We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.

Headnoun

(uncountable) Denouement; crisis.

These isses are going to come to a head today.

Headnoun

(fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.

Headnoun

A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

Let the engine build up a good head of steam.

Headnoun

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

Headnoun

More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

Headnoun

Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

She gave great head.

Headnoun

(slang) The glans penis.

Headnoun

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

Headnoun

(obsolete) Power; armed force.

Headadjective

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Headadjective

Foremost in rank or importance.

the head cook

Headadjective

Placed at the top or the front.

Headadjective

Coming from in front.

head seahead wind

Headverb

(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)

Who heads the board of trustees?to head an army, an expedition, or a riot

Headverb

(transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

Headverb

(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.

We are going to head up North for our holiday.We will head off tomorrow.Next holiday we will head out West, or head to Chicago.Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.

Headverb

(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.

The salmon are first headed and then scaled.

Headverb

(intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

Headverb

(intransitive) To form a head.

This kind of cabbage heads early.

Headverb

To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

to head a nail

Headverb

To cut off the top of; to lop off.

to head trees

Headverb

(obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.

Headverb

To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.

to head a drove of cattleto head a personthe wind heads a ship

Headverb

To set on the head.

to head a cask

Headnoun

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;

he stuck his head out the window

Headnoun

a single domestic animal;

200 head of cattle

Headnoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

his mind wanderedI couldn't get his words out of my head

Headnoun

a person who is in charge;

the head of the whole operation

Headnoun

the front of a military formation or procession;

the head of the column advanced boldlythey were at the head of the attack

Headnoun

the pressure exerted by a fluid;

a head of steam

Headnoun

the top of something;

the head of the stairsthe head of the pagethe head of the list

Headnoun

the source of water from which a stream arises;

they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

Headnoun

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

Headnoun

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

Headnoun

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head;

he is two heads taller than his little sisterhis horse won by a head

Headnoun

a dense clusters of flowers or foliage;

a head of cauliflowera head of lettuce

Headnoun

the educator who has executive authority for a school;

she sent unruly pupils to see the principal

Headnoun

an individual person;

tickets are $5 per head

Headnoun

a user of (usually soft) drugs;

the office was full of secret heads

Headnoun

a rounded compact mass;

the head of a comet

Headnoun

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container;

the beer had a large head of foam

Headnoun

the part in the front or nearest the viewer;

he was in the forefronthe was at the head of the column

Headnoun

a difficult juncture;

a pretty passmatters came to a head yesterday

Headnoun

forward movement;

the ship made little headway against the gale

Headnoun

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

the point of the arrow was due north

Headnoun

the subject matter at issue;

the question of disease merits serious discussionunder the head of minor Roman poets

Headnoun

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

the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

Headnoun

the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;

the head of the humerus

Headnoun

that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

Headnoun

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

Headnoun

(usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head;

call heads or tails!

Headnoun

the striking part of a tool;

the head of the hammer

Headnoun

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

Headnoun

a projection out from one end;

the head of the naila pinhead is the head of a pin

Headnoun

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Headnoun

oral-genital stimulation;

they say he gives good head

Headverb

to go or travel towards;

where is she headingWe were headed for the mountains

Headverb

be in charge of;

Who is heading this project?

Headverb

travel in front of; go in advance of others;

The procession was headed by John

Headverb

be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

This student heads the class

Headverb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Headverb

take its rise;

These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas

Headverb

be in the front of or on top of;

The list was headed by the name of the president

Headverb

form a head or come or grow to a head;

The wheat headed early this year

Headverb

remove the head of;

head the fish