staggered head vs dropline

staggered head and dropline both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
staggered head	Yes	No	No	No
dropline	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, staggered head and dropline are synonyms defined as:

staggered head and dropline: a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right

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

staggered head (noun)	dropline (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