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Heading vs Headed - What's the difference?

heading | headed |

As verbs the difference between heading and headed

is that heading is present participle of lang=en while headed is past tense of head.

As a noun heading

is the title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

As an adjective headed is

having a head or heading.

heading

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
  • (nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  • Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  • (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  • (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  • (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
    • (Knight)

    Derived terms

    * subheading

    headed

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a head or heading.
  • Going towards a certain direction.
    • Southward headed caravans
  • (of paper) Having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
  • (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
    • Derived terms
    * fair-headed * fairheaded * wrong-headed * wrongheaded

    Etymology 2

    See (head) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (head)
    • Smith headed the team last summer