Header vs. Trailer — What's the Difference?

A shot or pass made with the head.

A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or tractor.

A headlong fall or dive.

A furnished vehicle drawn by a truck or automobile and used when parked as a dwelling or office.

A brick or stone laid at right angles to the face of a wall.

A short, blank strip of film at the end of a reel.

A line or block of text appearing at the top of each page of a book or document.

A short filmed advertisement for a movie; a preview.

A raised tank of water maintaining pressure in a plumbing system.

To transport by a trailer

A person who ropes a steer by its head (as opposed to its heels), especially in a team-roping rodeo event

To travel or live in a trailer.

A mad or foolish person.

Someone who or something that trails.

One that fits a head on an object.

Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

One that removes a head from an object, especially a machine that reaps the heads of grain and passes them into a wagon or receptacle.

An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

A pipe that serves as a central connection for two or more smaller pipes.

(US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.

A floor or roof beam placed between two long beams that supports the ends of the tailpieces.

(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

A brick or stone laid at a right angle to the face of a wall so that only its short end is showing. Also called bonder.

A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

(Informal) A headlong dive or fall.

A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

(Sports) A pass or shot made in soccer by heading the ball.

(computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.

Textual information, such as a title, date, or page number, positioned in the top margin of a page and usually repeated throughout a document.

(networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

A raised tank or hopper that maintains a constant pressure or supply to a system, especially the small tank that supplies water to a central heating system.

To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

One who, or that which, trails.

Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

A wheeled vehicle without a motor, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle in front of it;

Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

A short blank segment of movie film attached to the end; - used for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.

(informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

A short film consisting primarily of one or more short portions of a film, used in promotions or advertisements shortly before initial release of a film.

(computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.

(programming) header file

Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

(networking) the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.

An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

(masonry) A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.

A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor

A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy

A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.

(soccer) Someone who heads the ball.

A headlong fall, jump or dive.

A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.

A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.

One who puts a head on something.

To strike (a ball) with one's head.

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.

A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

A fall or plunge head first, as while riding a bicycle, or a skateboard, or in bathing; - sometimes, implying the striking of the head on the ground; as, to take a header.

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

Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

A headlong jump (or fall);