The difference between Foot and Head

Foot as a noun (countable):

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

Foot as a noun (countable, anatomy):

Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

Foot as a noun (uncountable, often used attributively):

Travel by walking.

Foot as a noun (countable):

The base or bottom of anything.

Foot as a noun (countable):

The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

Foot as a noun (countable):

The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.

Foot as a noun (countable):

A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

Foot as a noun (countable):

A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

Foot as a noun (countable, music):

A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.

Foot as a noun (military, collective):

Foot soldiers; infantry.

Foot as a noun (countable, cigars):

The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.

Foot as a noun (countable, sewing):

The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.

Foot as a noun (countable, printing):

The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.

Foot as a noun (printing):

The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

Foot as a noun (countable, prosody):

The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.

Foot as a noun (countable, phonology):

The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.

Foot as a noun (countable, nautical):

The bottom edge of a sail.

Foot as a noun (countable, billiards):

The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.

Foot as a noun (countable, botany):

In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.

Foot as a noun (countable, malacology):

The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.

Foot as a noun (countable, molecular biology):

The globular lower domain of a protein.

Foot as a noun (countable, geometry):

The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.

Foot as a noun:

Fundamental principle; basis; plan.

Foot as a noun:

Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Foot as a verb (transitive):

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

Foot as a verb (transitive):

To pay (a bill).

Foot as a verb:

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Foot as a verb:

To walk.

Foot as a verb:

To tread.

Foot as a verb (obsolete):

To set on foot; to establish; to land.

Foot as a verb:

To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

Foot as a verb:

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

Head as a noun (countable):

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. To do with heads. # Mental or emotional aptitude or skill. # Mind; one's own thoughts. #* {{quote-book|lang=en|year=1935|author=[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/288354.George_Goodchild George Goodchild] |title=Death on the Centre Court|chapter=1 |passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis blokewhom the papers are making such a fuss about.”}} # A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication. #* 1888, , ‘Thrown Away', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005 edition, page 18, #*: he took them seriously, too, just as seriously as he took the ‘head' that followed after drink. # A headdress; a covering for the head. # An individual person. #* but here we are obliged to diſcloſe ſome Maxims, which Publicans hold to be the grand Myſteries of their Trade. And, laſtly, if any of their Gueſts call but for little, to make them pay a double Price for every Thing they have ; ſo that the Amount by the Head may be much the ſame.}} To do with heads. # A single animal. # The population of game. # The antlers of a deer.

Head as a noun (countable):

The topmost, foremost, or leading part. The end of a table. # The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor. # The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked. The principal operative part of a machine or tool. # The end of a hammer, axe, golf club or similar implement used for striking other objects. # The end of a nail, screw, bolt or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide. # The sharp end of an arrow, spear or pointer. # The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball. # A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound. # A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium. # The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data. # The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs. The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages. The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel. Deposits near the top of a geological succession. The end of an abscess where pus collects. The headstock of a guitar. A leading component. # The top edge of a sail. # The bow of a vessel. A headland.

Head as a noun (social, countable):

A leader or expert. The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front. Leader; chief; mastermind. A headmaster or headmistress. A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.

Head as a noun (anatomy):

A significant or important part. A beginning or end, a protuberance. # The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it. # A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum. #* | passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, . In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.}} ## An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal. ## The leafy top part of a tree. # The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint. # The toilet of a ship. # Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. A component. # The principal melody or theme of a piece. # A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.

Head as a noun:

Headway; progress.

Head as a noun:

Topic; subject.

Head as a noun (uncountable):

Denouement; crisis.

Head as a noun (fluid dynamics):

Pressure and energy. A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head. The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point. More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

Head as a noun (slang, uncountable):

Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

Head as a noun (slang):

The glans penis.

Head as a noun (slang, countable):

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

Head as a noun (obsolete):

Power; armed force.

Head as an adjective:

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Head as an adjective:

Foremost in rank or importance.

Head as an adjective:

Placed at the top or the front.

Head as an adjective:

Coming from in front.

Head as a verb (transitive):

To be in command of. (See also .)

Head as a verb (transitive):

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

Head as a verb (intransitive):

To move in a specified direction.

Head as a verb (fishing):

To remove the head from a fish.

Head as a verb (intransitive):

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

Head as a verb (intransitive):

To form a head.

Head as a verb:

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

Head as a verb:

To cut off the top of; to lop off.

Head as a verb (obsolete):

To behead; to decapitate.

Head as a verb:

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

Head as a verb:

To set on the head.