banner vs headline

banner

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

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

  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

headline

noun
  • The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article. 

  • The top-billed attraction. 

  • A headrope. 

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

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

How often have the words banner and headline occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )