Deadline vs Headline - What's the difference?
deadline | headline |
A date on or before which something must be completed.
(archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
(archaic) A line that does not move. (rfex)
(archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
(military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
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A heading or title of an article.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
(nautical) A headrope.
(entertainment) To have top billing; to be the main attraction
As nouns the difference between deadline and headline
is that deadline is a date on or before which something must be completed while headline is a heading or title of an article.As verbs the difference between deadline and headline
is that deadline is to render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc while headline is to have top billing; to be the main attraction.deadline
English
(wikipedia deadline)Noun
(en noun)- I must make this deadline or my boss will ''kill'' me!
Verb
(deadlin)headline
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}