content word vs headword

content word and headword both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
content word	Yes	No	No	No
headword	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, headword is a hyponym of content word; that is, headword is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than content word:

content word: a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
headword: a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

Other hyponyms of content word include head word, noun, verb, modifier, qualifier, numeral.

content word (noun)	headword (noun)
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned	a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
	a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

content word vs headword

content word and headword both are nouns.

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