drop line vs stepped line

drop line and stepped line both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drop line	Yes	No	No	No
stepped line	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, drop line and stepped line are synonyms defined as:

drop line and stepped line: a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right

Other synonyms of drop line include dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stephead.

drop line (noun)	stepped line (noun)
a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right	a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right