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Konrad Posted 18 years ago
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What is the difference between word "heading" and "headline"?
  

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Hello konrad, and welcome to English Forums. I associate a headline with a newspaper or magazine or other publication of that sort. A heading, or header, is the used at the beginning of a section of text that is divided into groups.

  • Hello konrad, and welcome to English Forums.
  • I associate a headline with a newspaper or magazine or other publication of that sort.
  • A heading, or header, is the used at the beginning of a section of text that is divided into groups.
  • For example, if I am writing a paper on the great rivers of the world, I might have one heading/header that says "The Nile" and another that says "The Mighty Mississippi" to show what that section will describe.
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Hello konrad, and welcome to English Forums.

I associate a headline with a newspaper or magazine or other publication of that sort.

A heading, or header, is the used at the beginning of a section of text that is divided into groups.

For example, if I am writing a paper on the great rivers of the world, I might have one heading/header that says "The Nile" and another that
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Hi, konrad. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums.

A "heading" could appear as a label over each of a number of columns; or headings could be used to label topics and sub-topics in an instruction manual. You hear the expression "chapter headings" in reference to works of non-fiction. There are many other uses.

"Headlines" are pretty much restricted to newspapers,
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