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Captioned vs Spearheaded - What's the difference?

captioned | spearheaded |

As verbs the difference between captioned and spearheaded

is that captioned is (caption) while spearheaded is (spearhead).

captioned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (caption)

    • caption

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
  • A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
  • (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
  • (legal) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
  • (obsolete, legal) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
  • * 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).
    • The caption and asportation must be felonious.

    Usage notes

    In film and video, captions'' may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while ''subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.

    Derived terms

    * captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning * (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning * (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions * (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning

    Related terms

    * captious * captivate * captive * capture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add captions to a text or illustration.
    • Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
  • To add captions to a film or broadcast.

    • Anagrams

    Pontiac

    spearheaded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spearhead)

    • spearhead

    English

    (wikipedia spearhead)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
  • The leading military unit in an attack.
  • (lb) A player who initiates attacking moves.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
    • , title= Bulgaria 0-3 England , passage=England played at a tempo in attack that was too much for Bulgaria, with width provided at various times by Walcott, Young and Stewart Downing and Rooney acting as the potent spearhead .}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.
    • He spearheaded the entire project from day one.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Newcastle have put themselves within touching distance after a fantastic run which has been spearheaded by the goals of Senegal striker Cisse.}}