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Entitle vs Headline - What's the difference?

entitle | headline |

As verbs the difference between entitle and headline

is that entitle is give a title to while headline is (entertainment) to have top billing; to be the main attraction.

As a noun headline is

a heading or title of an article.

entitle

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic) * intitle (archaic or nonstandard)

Verb

(entitl)
  • give a title to
  • dignify by an honorary designation.
  • give authority (to do something)
  • give rightful ownership
  • give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (give a title to a book) name * designate * empower * qualify * enable

    Derived terms

    * entitlement

    Anagrams

    *

    headline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heading or title of an article.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}
  • (entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
  • (nautical) A headrope.

    • Synonyms

    * (heading) hed * (top-billed attraction) headliner

    Related terms

    (heading) * byline * dateline

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (headlin)
  • (entertainment) To have top billing; to be the main attraction

    • Derived terms

    * headliner