banner vs heading

banner

noun
  • A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. 

  • A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place. 

  • The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead. 

  • A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners. 

  • A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. 

  • A military or administrative subdivision. 

  • A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. 

  • The military unit under such a flag or standard. 

  • The principal standard of a knight. 

  • One who bans something. 

  • Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric. 

verb
  • To display as a banner headline. 

  • To adorn with a banner. 

adj
  • Exceptional; very good. 

heading

noun
  • A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard. 

  • The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. 

  • 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) 

  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof. 

  • Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. 

  • A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. 

  • The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch. 

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