The difference between Header and Heading
When used as nouns, header means the upper portion of a page (or other) layout, whereas heading means the title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
Header is also verb with the meaning: to strike (a ball) with one's head.
check bellow for the other definitions of Header and Heading
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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."
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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."
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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"."
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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."
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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."
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Header as a noun (programming):
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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."
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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."
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Header as a noun:
A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
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Header as a noun:
A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
Examples:
"They fed the bale into the header."
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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."
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Header as a noun (soccer):
Someone who heads the ball
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Header as a noun:
A headlong fall or jump.
Examples:
"The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header."
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Header as a noun:
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
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Header as a noun:
A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
Examples:
"Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers."
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Header as a noun:
The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
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Header as a verb (sports, transitive):
To strike (a ball) with one's head.
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Heading as a verb:
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Heading as a noun:
The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
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Heading as a noun (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)
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Heading as a noun:
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
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Heading as a noun (mining):
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
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Heading as a noun (sewing):
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
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Heading as a noun (masonry):
The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Examples:
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