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Headship vs Leadership - What's the difference?

headship | leadership |

As nouns the difference between headship and leadership

is that headship is the position of a head or chief while leadership is the capacity of someone to lead.

headship

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The position of a head or chief
  • (British) The position of a headmaster or headmistress
  • (archaic) authority or dignity

    • Synonyms

    * (the position of a headmaster) headmastership

    leadership

    English

    (wikipedia leadership)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the capacity of someone to lead
  • a group of leaders
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    • , passage=People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?}}
  • (dated) The office or status of a leader.

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