The difference between Header and Lintel

When used as nouns, header means the upper portion of a page (or other) layout, whereas lintel means a horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.


Header is also verb with the meaning: to strike (a ball) with one's head.

check bellow for the other definitions of Header and Lintel

  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.

  1. Lintel as a noun (architecture):

    A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.