The difference between Head and Header

When used as nouns, head means 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, whereas header means the upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

When used as verbs, head means to be in command of. (see also .), whereas header means to strike (a ball) with one's head.


Head is also adjective with the meaning: of, relating to, or intended for the head.

check bellow for the other definitions of Head and Header

  1. 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.

    Examples:

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

    "The company is looking for people with good heads for business."

    "He has no head for heights."

    "It's all about having a good head on your shoulders."

    "This song keeps going through my head."

    "a laced head; a head of hair"

    "Admission is three dollars a head."

    "200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses"

    "12 head of big cattle and 14 head of branded calves"

    "at five years of age this head of cattle is worth perhaps $40"

    "a reduction in the assessment per head of sheep"

    "they shot 20 head of quail"

    "we have a heavy head of deer this year"

    "planting the hedges increased the head of quail and doves"

  2. 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.

    Examples:

    "What does it say at the head of the page?"

    "During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table."

    "Hit the nail on the head!"

    "The head of the compass needle is pointing due north."

    "Tap the head of the drum for this roll."

    "The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned."

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

  3. 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.

    Examples:

    "I'd like to speak to the head of the department."

    "Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night."

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

    "Only true heads know this."

  4. 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.

    Examples:

    "The expedition followed the river all the way to the head."

    "Give me a head of lettuce."

    "I've got to go to the head."

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  5. Head as a noun:

    Headway; progress.

    Examples:

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

  6. Head as a noun:

    Topic; subject.

    Examples:

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

  7. Head as a noun (uncountable):

    Denouement; crisis.

    Examples:

    "These isses are going to come to a head today."

  8. 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.

    Examples:

    "Let the engine build up a good head of steam."

  9. Head as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

    Examples:

    "She gave great head."

  10. Head as a noun (slang):

    The glans penis.

  11. Head as a noun (slang, countable):

    A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

  12. Head as a noun (obsolete):

    Power; armed force.

    Examples:

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  1. Head as an adjective:

    Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

  2. Head as an adjective:

    Foremost in rank or importance.

    Examples:

    "the head cook"

  3. Head as an adjective:

    Placed at the top or the front.

  4. Head as an adjective:

    Coming from in front.

    Examples:

    "'head sea"

    "'head wind"

  1. Head as a verb (transitive):

    To be in command of. (See also .)

    Examples:

    "Who heads the board of trustees?"

    "to head an army, an expedition, or a riot"

  2. Head as a verb (transitive):

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

  3. Head as a verb (intransitive):

    To move in a specified direction.

    Examples:

    "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."

    "How does the ship head?"

  4. Head as a verb (fishing):

    To remove the head from a fish.

    Examples:

    "The salmon are first headed and then scaled."

  5. Head as a verb (intransitive):

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

  6. Head as a verb (intransitive):

    To form a head.

    Examples:

    "This kind of cabbage heads early."

  7. Head as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "to head a nail"

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  8. Head as a verb:

    To cut off the top of; to lop off.

    Examples:

    "to head trees"

  9. Head as a verb (obsolete):

    To behead; to decapitate.

    Examples:

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  10. 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.

    Examples:

    "to head a drove of cattle"

    "to head a person"

    "the wind heads a ship"

  11. Head as a verb:

    To set on the head.

    Examples:

    "to head a cask"

  1. Header as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  2. Header as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  3. Header as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  4. Header as a noun (informal):

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

    Examples:

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

  5. Header as a noun (computing):

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

    Examples:

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

  6. Header as a noun (programming):

  7. Header as a noun (networking):

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

    Examples:

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

  8. Header as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "This wall has four header courses."

  9. Header as a noun:

    A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

  10. Header as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "They fed the bale into the header."

  11. Header as a noun (soccer):

    The act of hitting the ball with the head.

    Examples:

    "His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick."

  12. Header as a noun (soccer):

    Someone who heads the ball

  13. Header as a noun:

    A headlong fall or jump.

    Examples:

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

  14. Header as a noun:

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

  15. Header as a noun:

    A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

    Examples:

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

  16. Header as a noun:

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

  1. Header as a verb (sports, transitive):

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