Head vs. Mind — What's the Difference?

Involves senses like seeing, hearing, and tasting.

The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel.

Can suffer from physical ailments like headaches.

The faculty of consciousness and thought.

The head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste, respectively. Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do, regardless of size.

Often used to signify opinion or desire.

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Involves intellectual capacity or the ability to reason.

A thing resembling a head either in form or in relation to a whole.

The mind is the set of faculties responsible for mental phenomena. Often the term is also identified with the phenomena themselves.

The front, forward, or upper part or end of something.

The faculty of a human or other animal by which it thinks, perceives, feels, remembers, or desires

A person in charge of something; a director or leader

A person of great mental ability

A person considered as a numerical unit

Individual consciousness, memory, or recollection

A component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa.

Opinion or sentiment

A body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure

Desire or inclination

A toilet on a ship or boat

Focus of thought; attention

The word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase.

A healthy mental state; sanity

A superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.

The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup

A group of pheasants

(Philosophy) The phenomena of intelligence, cognition, or consciousness, regarded as a material or immaterial aspect of reality.

Chief; principal

To pay attention to

Be in the leading position on

To be careful about

Give a title or caption to

To heed in order to obey

Move in a specified direction

To take care or charge of; look after

Shoot or pass (the ball) with the head

The capability for rational thought.

Lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree)

The ability to be aware of things.

(of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head.

The ability to remember things.

The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.

The ability to focus the thoughts.

The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.

Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.

The length or height of such a part

Judgment, opinion, or view.

The seat of the faculty of reason; intelligence, intellect, or mind

Desire, inclination, or intention.

Mental ability or aptitude

A healthy mental state.

Freedom of choice or action

(philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.

A habitual drug user. Often used in combination

Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.

An enthusiast. Often used in combination

(uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.

A person considered foolish or contemptible. Often used in combination

To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.

A portrait or representation of a person's head.

To remember.

Often heads (used with a sing. verb) The side of a coin having the principal design, often the profile of a political leader's head.

To remind; put one's mind on.

(Informal) A headache

To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.

An individual; a person

To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.

Pl. head A single animal

To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).

A person who leads, rules, or is in charge; a leader, chief, or director

To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.

A headmaster or headmistress.

To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.

The foremost or leading position

To be careful about.

A headwaiter.

To purpose, intend, plan.

The difference in depth of a liquid at two given points.

Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.

The measure of pressure at the lower point expressed in terms of this difference.

(originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

The pressure exerted by a liquid or gas

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; - often in distinction from the body.

The liquid or gas exerting the pressure.

The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state;

The froth or foam that rises to the top in pouring an effervescent liquid, such as beer.

Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.

The tip of an abscess, boil, or pimple, in which pus forms.

Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

A turning point; a crisis

Courage; spirit.

A projection, weight, or fixture at the end of an elongated object

To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.

The working end of a tool or implement

To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.

The looped part at the end a lacrosse stick, to which the webbing is attached.

To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.

The part of an explosive device that carries the explosive; a warhead.

To have in mind; to purpose.

The part of a stringed instrument where the strings are wound; a tuning head.

To put in mind; to remind.

A tuning machine.

To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.

The rounded proximal end of a long bone

That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

The end of a muscle that is attached to the less movable part of the skeleton.

Recall or remembrance;

An attachment to or part of a machine that holds or contains the operative device.

An opinion formed by judging something;

The magnetic head of a tape recorder or VCR.

An important intellectual;

The device in a magnetic disk or tape drive that enables it to read data from and write data to the disk or tape.

Attention;

A rounded compact mass, as of leaves or buds

Your intention; what you intend to do;

(Botany) A flower head.

Knowledge and intellectual ability;

The uppermost part; the top

Be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by;

The end considered the most important

Be concerned with or about something or somebody

Either end of an object, such as a drum, whose two ends are interchangeable.

Be in charge of or deal with;

The forward part of a vessel.

Pay close attention to; give heed to;

The top part or upper edge of a sail.

Be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to;

A toilet, especially on a ship.

Keep in mind

A passage or gallery in a coal mine.

Can experience mental health issues like anxiety or depression.

The top of a book or page.

A headline or heading.

A distinct topic or category

Headway; progress.

(Linguistics) The word determining the grammatical category of a constituent, often establishing relations of concord or agreement (such as subject-verb agreement) with other constituents.

Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination

Foremost in rank or importance

Placed at the top or the front

(Slang) Of, relating to, or for drugs or drug users.

To be in charge of; lead

To be in the first or foremost position of

To aim, point, or turn in a certain direction

To remove the head or top of.

(Sports) To hit (a soccer ball) in the air with one's head.

To provide with a head

To proceed or go in a certain direction

To form a head, as lettuce or cabbage.

To originate, as a stream or river; rise.

(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

(people) To do with heads.

(animals) To do with heads.

(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end of a table.

(countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.

The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

(engineering) The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.

(coopering) The end cap of a cask or other barrel.

(geology) The uppermost part of a valley.

Deposits near the top of a geological succession.

(journalism) headline

(medicine) The end of an abscess where pus collects.

(music) The headstock of a guitar.

(nautical) A leading component.

(British) A headland.

A leader or expert.

The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.

(metonymy) Leader; chief; mastermind.

(metonymy) A headmaster or headmistress.

A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

A component.

Headway; progress.

Topic; subject.

Denouement; crisis.

(fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.

A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

(obsolete) Power; armed force.

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Foremost in rank or importance.

Placed at the top or the front.

Coming from in front.

(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)

(transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.

(transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball

(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.

(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.

(intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

(intransitive) To form a head.

(transitive) To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

(transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.

To behead; to decapitate.

To go in front of.

To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

(by extension) To check or restrain.

To set on the head.

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon.

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler.

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.

The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like.

The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers.

Each one among many; an individual; - often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle.

The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will.

The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea.

A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head.

A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon.

Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height.

Power; armed force.

A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.

An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals.

A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum.

The antlers of a deer.

A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor.

Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.

To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.

To behead; to decapitate.

To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.

To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.

To set on the head; as, to head a cask.

To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?

To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.

The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains;

A single domestic animal;

That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;

A person who is in charge;

The front of a military formation or procession;

The pressure exerted by a fluid;

The top of something;

The source of water from which a stream arises;

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head;

A dense clusters of flowers or foliage;

The educator who has executive authority for a school;

An individual person;

A user of (usually soft) drugs;

A rounded compact mass;

The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container;

The part in the front or nearest the viewer;

A difficult juncture;

Forward movement;

A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;

The subject matter at issue;

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about;

The rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint;

That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

(usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head;

The striking part of a tool;

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

A projection out from one end;

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Oral-genital stimulation;

To go or travel towards;

Be in charge of;

Travel in front of; go in advance of others;

Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel;

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Take its rise;

Be in the front of or on top of;

Form a head or come or grow to a head;

Remove the head of;

The upper part of the human body that includes the skull and facial features.

Often used metaphorically to mean thought or attention.

Used to describe the top or front of something.

Yes, physical issues in the head like brain injuries can have significant impacts on mental capabilities and emotional health.

The head is a physical part of the body, while the mind refers to the cognitive and emotional functions associated with the brain.

The mind is not the same as the brain; the mind refers to the functions processed by the brain, including thoughts and emotions, whereas the brain is the physical organ.

The mind is studied through disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience, which explore aspects of cognitive function, behavior, and mental processes.

Common mental disorders include depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, each affecting the mind in different ways.

Maintaining mental fitness is crucial for overall well-being, as it affects how we think, feel, and handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.

In everyday language, 'mind' is often used to express attention or caution (e.g., Mind the gap), or to request permission (e.g., Do you mind if I sit here?).

People can learn to control aspects of their mind, such as focus and emotional reactions, through practices like mindfulness and cognitive behavioral techniques.

Mental health can be influenced by a variety of factors including genetics, life experiences, physical health, and environmental conditions.

Physical activities can improve blood circulation, including to the brain, and release endorphins, which are chemicals that boost mood and mental well-being.