Difference between Head and Headway

What is the difference between Head and Headway?

Head as a noun is the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. while Headway as a noun is forward motion, or its rate.

Head

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be in command of. - see also head up To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball To move in a specified direction. heading towards something To remove the head from a fish.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. Mental or emotional aptitude or skill. Mind; one's own thoughts. The topmost, foremost, or leading part. The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor. The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked. The principal operative part of a machine. The end of a hammer, axe, or similar implement used for striking other objects. The end of a nail, screw, bolt or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide. The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer. The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it. The front, as of a queue. Headway; progress. The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages. The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball. Leader; chief; mastermind. A headmaster or headmistress. A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication. A clump of leaves or flowers; a capitulum. The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint. An individual person. A single animal. the population of game Topic; subject. A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member. The principal melody or theme of a piece. Deposits near the top of a geological succession. The end of an abscess where pus collects. denouement; crisis A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium. The headstock of a guitar. A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound. The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel. The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs. A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head. The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point. More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight. The top of a sail. The bow of a nautical vessel. The toilet of a ship. Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex The glans penis. A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs. a headland.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Foremost in rank or importance. Placed at the top or the front. Coming from in front.

Example sentence: If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Headway

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Forward motion, or its rate.The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.Progress toward a goal.The clearance beneath an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.

We hope you now know whether to use Head or Headway in your sentence.

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