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headline vs heading

heading vs headline

headline and heading both are nouns.

headline is a verb but heading is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
headline Yes No Yes No
heading Yes No No No
As nouns, heading is a hypernym of headline; that is, heading is a word with a broader meaning than headline:
  • headline: the heading or caption of a newspaper article
  • heading: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Other hypernyms of headline include head, header.
headline (noun) heading (noun)
the heading or caption of a newspaper article a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
headline (verb) heading (verb)
publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
Difference between headline and heading

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