open-class word vs head word

open-class word and head word both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
open-class word	Yes	No	No	No
head word	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, head word is a hyponym of open-class word; that is, head word is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than open-class word:

open-class word: a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
head word: a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

Other hyponyms of open-class word include headword, noun, verb, modifier, qualifier, numeral.

open-class word (noun)	head word (noun)
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned	(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
	a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

open-class word vs head word

open-class word and head word both are nouns.

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