Header vs Caption - What's the difference?
header | caption |
The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling]] or [[summarize, summarizing it.
Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
(informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
a brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher
a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening
a machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc
(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with the head
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a headlong fall or jump
(computing) the first part of a file or record that describes its contents
(networking) the first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system
A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
(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).
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To add captions to a text or illustration.
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
As nouns the difference between header and caption
is that header is the upper portion of a page (or other) layout while caption is the descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof.As a verb caption is
to add captions to a text or illustration.header
English
Noun
(en noun)- If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
- Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
- That column should have the header "payment status".
- Parts of speech belong in a level-three header . Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
- This wall has four header courses.
- They fed the bale into the header .
- His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
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- ''The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header .
- The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
- The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
- Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers .
Synonyms
* (text used to mark off a quantity of text) head, heading * (brick that is laid sideways) bonder, coping, cope * (horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening) lintelDerived terms
* diving headerAnagrams
* *caption
English
Noun
(en noun)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 captioningVerb
(en verb)- Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.