caput vs headline

caput

• The head. 

• A knob-like protuberance or capitulum. 

• The top or superior part of a thing. 

• The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. 

headline

• A headrope. 

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

• The top-billed attraction. 

• 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.