Bean vs. Head — What's the Difference?

Beans vary in shape, size, and color, depending on the type.

The head is the top part of the human body, containing the brain.

Beans act as a source of protein and fiber in diets.

The head includes sensory organs like eyes and ears.

Beans grow in pods and are cultivated worldwide.

The brain, located in the head, oversees bodily functions.

Dried beans can be stored for years without spoilage.

Facial expressions and identity are features of the head.

A bean is a seed from various legume plants, consumed as food.

The skull within the head protects the brain from injury.

A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.

The head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste, respectively. Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do, regardless of size.

Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

A seed or pod of any of these plants.

A thing resembling a head either in form or in relation to a whole.

Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.

The front, forward, or upper part or end of something.

Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.

A person in charge of something; a director or leader

(Slang) A person's head.

A person considered as a numerical unit

Beans(Slang) A small amount

A component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa.

Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

A body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

A toilet on a ship or boat

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

The word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase.

The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).

A superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.

The edible seedpod of such a plant.

A group of pheasants

(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.

Chief; principal

(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.

Be in the leading position on

(slang) The head or brain.

Give a title or caption to

(slang) The clitoris.

Move in a specified direction

A person.

Shoot or pass (the ball) with the head

A guinea coin.

Lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree)

Money.

(of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head.

(software) JavaBean

The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.

To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

The length or height of such a part

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind

Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae

Mental ability or aptitude

Any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans

Freedom of choice or action

Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

A habitual drug user. Often used in combination

Informal terms for a human head

An enthusiast. Often used in combination

Hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball

A person considered foolish or contemptible. Often used in combination

A portrait or representation of a person's head.

Often heads (used with a sing. verb) The side of a coin having the principal design, often the profile of a political leader's head.

(Informal) A headache

An individual; a person

Pl. head A single animal

A person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director

A headmaster or headmistress.

The foremost or leading position

A headwaiter.

The difference in depth of a liquid at two given points.

The measure of pressure at the lower point expressed in terms of this difference.

The pressure exerted by a liquid or gas

The liquid or gas exerting the pressure.

The froth or foam that rises to the top in pouring an effervescent liquid, such as beer.

The tip of an abscess, boil, or pimple, in which pus forms.

A turning point; a crisis

A projection, weight, or fixture at the end of an elongated object

The working end of a tool or implement

The looped part at the end a lacrosse stick, to which the webbing is attached.

The part of an explosive device that carries the explosive; a warhead.

The part of a stringed instrument where the strings are wound; a tuning head.

A tuning machine.

The rounded proximal end of a long bone

The end of a muscle that is attached to the less movable part of the skeleton.

An attachment to or part of a machine that holds or contains the operative device.

The magnetic head of a tape recorder or VCR.

The device in a magnetic disk or tape drive that enables it to read data from and write data to the disk or tape.

A rounded compact mass, as of leaves or buds

(Botany) A flower head.

The uppermost part; the top

The end considered the most important

Either end of an object, such as a drum, whose two ends are interchangeable.

The forward part of a vessel.

The top part or upper edge of a sail.

A toilet, especially on a ship.

A passage or gallery in a coal mine.

The top of a book or page.

A headline or heading.

A distinct topic or category

Headway; progress.

(Linguistics) The word determining the grammatical category of a constituent, often establishing relations of concord or agreement (such as subject-verb agreement) with other constituents.

Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination

Foremost in rank or importance

Placed at the top or the front

(Slang) Of, relating to, or for drugs or drug users.

To be in charge of; lead

To be in the first or foremost position of

To aim, point, or turn in a certain direction

To remove the head or top of.

(Sports) To hit (a soccer ball) in the air with one's head.

To provide with a head

To proceed or go in a certain direction

To form a head, as lettuce or cabbage.

To originate, as a stream or river; rise.

(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

(people) To do with heads.

(animals) To do with heads.

(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end of a table.

(countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.

The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

(engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.

(coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.

(geology) The uppermost part of a valley.

Deposits near the top of a geological succession.

(journalism) headline

(medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.

(music) The headstock of a guitar.

(nautical) A leading component.

(British) A headland.

A leader or expert.

The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.

(metonymy) Leader; chief; mastermind.

(metonymy) A headmaster or headmistress.

A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

A component.

Headway; progress.

Topic; subject.

Denouement; crisis.

(fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.

A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

(obsolete) Power; armed force.

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Foremost in rank or importance.

Placed at the top or the front.

Coming from in front.

(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)

(transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.

(transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.

(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.

(intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

(intransitive) To form a head.

(transitive) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

(transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.

To behead; to decapitate.

To go in front of.

To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

(by extension) To check or restrain.

To set on the head.

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.

The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.

Each one among many; an individual; - often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.

The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.

The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.

A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.

Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.

Power; armed force.

A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.

An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.

A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.

The antlers of a deer.

A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.

Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.

To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.

To behead; to decapitate.

To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.

To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

To set on the head; as, to head a cask.

To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?

To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;

A single domestic animal;

That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

A person who is in charge;

The front of a military formation or procession;

The pressure exerted by a fluid;

The top of something;

The source of water from which a stream arises;

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head;

A dense clusters of flowers or foliage;

The educator who has executive authority for a school;

An individual person;

A user of (usually soft) drugs;

A rounded compact mass;

The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container;

The part in the front or nearest the viewer;

A difficult juncture;

Forward movement;

A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

The subject matter at issue;

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

The rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;

That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

(usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head;

The striking part of a tool;

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

A projection out from one end;

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Oral-genital stimulation;

To go or travel towards;

Be in charge of;

Travel in front of; go in advance of others;

Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Take its rise;

Be in the front of or on top of;

Form a head or come or grow to a head;

Remove the head of;

Beans improve soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

Consuming undercooked or improperly prepared beans can lead to health issues like gas or food poisoning due to natural toxins.

Common dishes include bean chili, bean salads, and rice and beans.

Yes, beans are low in fat and high in fiber and protein, making them ideal for weight management diets.

The sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose, and mouth) send information to the brain, which integrates and interprets these inputs to help us understand our environment.

In vegetarian diets, beans often serve as a primary protein source, replacing meats.

Common disorders include migraines, strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and sinus infections.

The head contains the brain and major sensory organs, making it critical for neurological and sensory health.

The skull is composed of thick bones with a hard outer layer that effectively absorbs impacts, protecting the brain.

The most sensitive areas include the eyes, ears, and the base of the skull, where the spinal cord begins.

The brain communicates through the nervous system, sending and receiving electrical and chemical signals via neurons.

Advances include imaging technologies like MRI and therapies for neurological disorders, enhancing understanding and treatment.

Beans play a central role in many cultures' diets, from Latin American black beans to Asian soybeans, each with unique preparations and significance.

Beans are typically cleaned, soaked, and cooked to improve digestibility and remove toxins.

Beans should be stored in a cool, dry place in airtight containers to prevent moisture and pests.