different between headliner vs headline

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?d?la?n?/

Etymology 1

headline (verb) +? -er

Noun

headliner (plural headliners)

1. (music) The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening.

Etymology 2

head +? liner

Noun

headliner (plural headliners)

2. (automotive) The interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle.

Translations

Further reading

• Headliner (performances) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• headliner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

headliner m (plural headliners)

1. headliner

English

Etymology

From head +? line.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?d.la?n/
• Rhymes: -?dla?n

Noun

headline (plural headlines)

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

   Synonym: hed
2. (printing, dated) The line at the top of a page containing the folio or number of the page.
3. (entertainment) The top-billed attraction.

   Synonym: headliner

4. (nautical) A headrope.

Coordinate terms

• (heading): byline, dateline

Derived terms

• Betteridge's law of headlines
• running headline

Translations

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

Verb

headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined)

1. To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
2. (transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.

Derived terms

• headliner