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headword vs content word

content word vs headword

headword and content word both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
headword Yes No No No
content word Yes No No No
As nouns, content word is a hypernym of headword; that is, content word is a word with a broader meaning than headword:
  • headword: a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
  • content word: a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
Other hypernyms of headword include open-class word.
headword (noun) content word (noun)
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
Difference between headword and content word

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