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Aiming vs Heading - What's the difference?

aiming | heading |

As verbs the difference between aiming and heading

is that aiming is while heading is .

As nouns the difference between aiming and heading

is that aiming is the act of one who aims while heading is the title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

aiming

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who aims.
  • * 1867 , William Hickman Smith Aubrey, The National and Domestic History of England
    • The aimings after the impossible, represented by the Uniformity Act of 1549, had failed

    heading

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
  • (nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  • Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  • (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  • (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  • (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
    • (Knight)

    Derived terms

    * subheading