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Heading vs Towards - What's the difference?

heading | towards |

As a verb heading

is .

As a noun heading

is the title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

As a preposition towards is

variant of toward.

As an adverb towards is

(obsolete) in the direction of something (indicated by context).

As an adjective towards is

(obsolete) near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.

heading

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
  • (nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  • Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  • (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  • (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  • (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
    • (Knight)

    Derived terms

    * subheading

    towards

    English

    Preposition

    (en-prep) (mainly in British English )
  • Variant of toward.
  • * 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1 , pp.284-5
    • Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Everton 0-2 Liverpool , passage=But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.}}

    Synonyms

    * toward

    Usage notes

    * Although some have tried to discern a semantic distinction between the words (term) and (towards), the difference is merely dialectal. (term) is the most common form, while (toward) tends to appear only in American English.

    See also

    * See

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) In the direction of something (indicated by context).
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
    • Thus as he spake, lo far away they spyde / A varlet running towards hastily [...].

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
  • * Shakespeare
    • We have a trifling foolish banquet / Towards .

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    * English prepositions