Headline vs. Title — What's the Difference?

The headline or heading is the text indicating the nature of the article below it. The large type front page headline did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines.

A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either generation, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification.

The title or heading of an article, especially in a newspaper, usually set in large type.

The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work

Often headlines An important or sensational piece of news.

A name that describes someone's position or job

A line at the head of a page or passage giving information such as the title, author, and page number.

The position of being the champion of a major sports competition

To supply (a page or passage) with a headline.

A right or claim to the ownership of property or to a rank or throne

To present or promote as a headliner

(in church use) a fixed sphere of work and source of income as a condition for ordination.

To serve as the headliner of

Give a name to (a book, composition, or other work)

(journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.

An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.

The line at the top of a page containing the folio or number of the page.

A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.

(entertainment) The top-billed attraction.

A written work that is published or about to be published

(nautical) A headrope.

A division of a legal code, generally consisting of multiple related statutes.

To give a headline to a page or section of a text.

Often titles Written material to be read by viewers that is included in a film or television show, typically presenting credits, narration, or dialogue.

To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.

A written piece of translated dialogue superimposed at the bottom of the frame during a film; a subtitle.

The line at the head or top of a page.

A formal appellation attached to the name of a person as a sign of office, rank, profession, or hereditary privilege.

See Headrope.

A descriptive name; an epithet

A title for an article in a newspaper, sometimes one line, sometimes more, set in larger and bolder type than the body of the article and indicating the subject matter or content of the article.

A right or claim, or the basis of a right or claim

A similar title at the top of the newspaper indicating the most important story of the day; also, a title for an illustration or picture.

A form of ownership free of valid claims by other parties.

To mention in a headline.

The aggregate evidence that gives rise to a legal right of possession or control.

To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4).

The instrument, such as a deed, that constitutes this evidence.

To publicise prominently in an advertisement.

Sports & Games A championship

The heading or caption of a newspaper article

A source of income or area of work required of a candidate for ordination in the Church of England.

Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

A Roman Catholic church in or near Rome having a cardinal for its nominal head.

Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

To give a name or title to.

An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles

(property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

A publication.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.

A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.

A division of an act of law

(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

A long title.

A short title.

(transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.

A name; an appellation; a designation.

That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with;

The name of a work of art or literary composition etc.;

A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work;

The status of being a champion;

A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it;

An identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. Mr. or General;

An established or recognized right;

(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action;

An appellation signifying nobility;

An informal right to something;

Give a title to

Designate by an identifying term;