The difference between Head and Top

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 top means (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.

When used as verbs, head means to be in command of. (see also .), whereas top means to cover on the top or with a top.

When used as adjectives, head means of, relating to, or intended for the head, whereas top means situated on the top of something.

Top is also adverb with the meaning: rated first.

check bellow for the other definitions of Head and Top

  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."

    "rfquotek Knight"

  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:

    "rfquotek Jonathan Swift"

  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"

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  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:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  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. Top as a noun (nautical):

    The highest or uppermost part of something. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. A lid, cap or cover of a container. A garment worn to cover the torso. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

    Examples:

    "His kite got caught at the top of the tree."

    "We flipped the machine onto its top."

    "Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.  nowrap Headings appear at the tops of pages."

    "Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad."

    "I bought this top as it matches my jeans."

  2. Top as a noun:

    A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.

    Examples:

    "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."

  3. Top as a noun:

    Someone who is eminent. The chief person; the most prominent one. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

    Examples:

    "to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school"

  4. Top as a noun (BDSM):

    A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

  5. Top as a noun (LGBT, slang):

    A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."

  6. Top as a noun (physics):

    A top quark.

  7. Top as a noun:

    The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

  8. Top as a noun (ropemaking):

    A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

  9. Top as a noun (sound):

    Highest pitch or loudest volume.

    Examples:

    "She sang at the top of her voice."

  10. Top as a noun (wool manufacture):

    A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

  11. Top as a noun (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase ''[[on top of]]''):

    Eve; verge; point.

  12. Top as a noun:

    The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Top as a noun (in the plural, slang, dated):

    Topboots.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  14. Top as a noun (golf):

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

  15. Top as a noun (golf):

    A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

  16. Top as a noun (in restaurants, preceded by a number):

    (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

  1. Top as a verb:

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    Examples:

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. Top as a verb:

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    Examples:

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

    "Top and tail the carrots."

  3. Top as a verb:

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    Examples:

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. Top as a verb:

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    Examples:

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

  5. Top as a verb (British, slang):

    To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

    Examples:

    "Depression causes many people to top themselves."

  6. Top as a verb (BDSM):

    To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

    Examples:

    "I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping."

    "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."

  7. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive):

    To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

  8. Top as a verb (slang, gay sexuality, transitive):

    To anally penetrate.

  9. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    Examples:

    "lofty ridges and topping mountains"

    "rfquotek Derham"

  10. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To predominate.

    Examples:

    "topping passions"

  11. Top as a verb (archaic):

    To excel; to rise above others.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  12. Top as a verb (nautical):

    To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

  13. Top as a verb (dyeing):

    To cover with another dye.

    Examples:

    "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening"

  14. Top as a verb:

    To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

  15. Top as a verb (slang, dated):

    To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

  16. Top as a verb (of a horse):

    To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

  17. Top as a verb:

    To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

  18. Top as a verb:

    To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

  19. Top as a verb (golf):

    To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

  1. Top as an adjective:

    Situated on the top of something.

  2. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    Examples:

    "She's in the top dance school."

  3. Top as an adjective (informal):

    Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

    Examples:

    "He's a top lawyer."

    "That is a top car."

  1. Top as an adverb:

    Rated first.

    Examples:

    "She came top in her French exam."

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