Letterhead vs. Header — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Letterhead and Header
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Definitions
Letterhead
A letterhead is the heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper (stationery). That heading usually consists of a name and an address, and a logo or corporate design, and sometimes a background pattern.
Header
A shot or pass made with the head.
Letterhead
The heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper, usually consisting of a name and an address.
Header
A headlong fall or dive.
Letterhead
Stationery imprinted with such a heading.
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Header
A brick or stone laid at right angles to the face of a wall.
Letterhead
A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
We need to change our letterhead to use the new logo.
Header
A line or block of text appearing at the top of each page of a book or document.
Letterhead
Paper marked with a letterhead.
Internal memos do not need to be printed on letterhead.
Header
A raised tank of water maintaining pressure in a plumbing system.
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Letterhead
A sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
Header
A person who ropes a steer by its head (as opposed to its heels), especially in a team-roping rodeo event
The steer ran straight and the header made a good catch
Header
A mad or foolish person.
Header
One that fits a head on an object.
Header
One that removes a head from an object, especially a machine that reaps the heads of grain and passes them into a wagon or receptacle.
Header
A pipe that serves as a central connection for two or more smaller pipes.
Header
A floor or roof beam placed between two long beams that supports the ends of the tailpieces.
Header
A brick or stone laid at a right angle to the face of a wall so that only its short end is showing. Also called bonder.
Header
(Informal) A headlong dive or fall.
Header
(Sports) A pass or shot made in soccer by heading the ball.
Header
Textual information, such as a title, date, or page number, positioned in the top margin of a page and usually repeated throughout a document.
Header
A raised tank or hopper that maintains a constant pressure or supply to a system, especially the small tank that supplies water to a central heating system.
Header
The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.
Header
Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.
Header
Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
That column should have the header "payment status".
Header
(informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.
Header
(computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.
Header
(programming) header file
Header
(networking) the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
Header
(masonry) A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.
This wall has four header courses.
Header
A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
Header
A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
They fed the bale into the header.
Header
(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.
His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.
Header
(soccer) Someone who heads the ball.
Diving header
Header
A headlong fall, jump or dive.
The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.
Header
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
Header
A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers.
Header
The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
Header
One who puts a head on something.
Header
To strike (a ball) with one's head.
Header
One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
Header
One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
Header
A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
Header
A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
Header
A fall or plunge head first, as while riding a bicycle, or a skateboard, or in bathing; - sometimes, implying the striking of the head on the ground; as, to take a header.
Header
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
Header
Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
Header
Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Header
A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
Header
A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
Header
(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
Header
A headlong jump (or fall);
He took a header into the shrubbery
