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Headword vs Entry - What's the difference?

headword | entry |

As nouns the difference between headword and entry

is that headword is a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus while entry is the act of entering.

headword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus
  • (grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct
    • In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword .

    Synonyms

    * (grammar) head

    See also

    * ("headword" on Wikipedia) * basic form * canonical form * citation form * dictionary form * lemma

    entry

    English

    (wikipedia entry)

    Alternative forms

    * entery (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of entering.
  • (uncountable) Permission to enter.
    • entry for children only if accompanied by an adult
  • A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
  • A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
  • A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
  • An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia; a record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
    • What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
  • (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
    • The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
  • The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.

    • Usage notes

    Ambiguity Prevention * Correct: entry for children * Not: entry to children as this means that you are entering TO (get to) a child. It is incorrect.

    Synonyms

    * (act of entering ): access, entering, entrance * (permission to enter ): access, admission * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): entrance, ingang, way in (British) * (room just inside the front door of a building ): entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule, ingang * (group within a church ): * (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia ): article * (record in a log ): record * (term in a matrix ): element * (item of data in a database ):

    Antonyms

    * (act of entering ): departure, exit, exiting, leaving * (doorway that provides a means of entering a building ): exit, way out (British)

    Related terms

    (terms related to entry) * enter * entrance

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from entry) * door entry system * entryway * no entry