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Flathead vs Headword - What's the difference?

flathead | headword |

As nouns the difference between flathead and headword

is that flathead is one of the salish people of washington state and british columbia while headword is a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.

As a proper noun flathead

is their salishan language.

flathead

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any fish in the family.
  • A type of screw designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
  • (automotive) A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.

    • Derived terms

    * flathead catfish English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    headword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus
  • (grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct
    • In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword .

    Synonyms

    * (grammar) head

    See also

    * ("headword" on Wikipedia) * basic form * canonical form * citation form * dictionary form * lemma