Heading vs. Header

Heading vs. Header — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Heading and Header

Headingverb

present participle of head

Headernoun

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

If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.

Headingnoun

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

Headernoun

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

Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.

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)

Headernoun

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

That column should have the header "payment status".
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Headingnoun

Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

Headernoun

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

Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.

Headingnoun

(mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

Headernoun

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

The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.

Headingnoun

(sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

Headernoun

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Headingnoun

(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

Headernoun

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

The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

Headingnoun

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

Headernoun

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

This wall has four header courses.

Headingnoun

the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

Headernoun

A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

Headingnoun

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;

they dug a drift parallel with the vein

Headernoun

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

They fed the bale into the header.

Headernoun

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

His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.

Headernoun

(soccer) Someone who heads the ball

Headernoun

A headlong fall or jump.

The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.

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.

Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.''

Headernoun

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

Headerverb

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

Headernoun

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

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);

he took a header into the shrubbery