heading and healing differ by a single letter, buried far enough into the word to be easy to miss. heading means “a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about”. healing means “the natural process by which the body repairs itself”. heading is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈhɛdɪŋ/
1.n.a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
“the heading seemed to have little to do with the text”
2.n.the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
3.n.a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
“they dug a drift parallel with the vein”
/ˈhilɪŋ/
1.n.the natural process by which the body repairs itself
2.adj.tending to cure or restore to health
“curative powers of herbal remedies”
| heading | healing | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛdɪŋ/ | /ˈhilɪŋ/ |
| Said | HED-ing | HEE-ling |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 7 | 7 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, adjective |
| Senses | 3 | 2 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | header, head | none recorded |
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