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Header vs Widget - What's the difference?

header | widget |

As nouns the difference between header and widget

is that header is the upper portion of a page (or other) layout while widget is a (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product or widget can be (computing|graphical user interface) any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

header

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
  • If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
  • Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling]] or [[summarize, summarizing it.
  • Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
  • Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
  • That column should have the header "payment status".
  • (informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
  • Parts of speech belong in a level-three header . Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
  • a brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher
  • This wall has four header courses.
  • a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening
  • a machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc
  • They fed the bale into the header .
  • (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with the head
  • His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in.}}
  • a headlong fall or jump
  • ''The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header .
  • (computing) the first part of a file or record that describes its contents
  • The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
  • (networking) the first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors
  • The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
  • 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.
  • 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) lintel

    Derived terms

    * diving header

    Anagrams

    * *

    widget

    English

    (widget)

    Etymology 1

    Coined by George S. Kaufman in his play Beggar on Horseback (1924).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
  • :Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
  • Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
  • A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
  • A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces
  • Synonyms
    * (unspecified manufactured good) thingy, gizmo, sprocket * (scraping tool) scraper

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget” (GUI widget)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
  • Synonyms
    * (GUI) control