Headlong vs Headway - What's the difference?
headlong | headway |
With the head first or down.
With an unrestrained forward motion.
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Precipitous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Rushing forward without restraint.
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
* 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
To precipitate.
* 1862 , Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams :
* 1905 , Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature :
Movement ahead or forward.
(nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
(countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
(uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
(countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
(coal-mining) A cross-heading.
As an adverb headlong
is with the head first or down.As an adjective headlong
is precipitous.As a verb headlong
is to precipitate.As a noun headway is
movement ahead or forward.headlong
English
Adverb
(-)- Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
Antonyms
* (l) (UK dialect)Adjective
(en adjective)- “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
Derived terms
* headlongness * headlongsVerb
(en verb)- If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
- Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.
