What's the difference between caption and title?

Caption


Definition:

  • (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
  • (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
  • (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
  • (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So again, they did what they had to and should do.” Aakjaer’s Facebook account also contained other derogatory references to eastern Europeans, a message of support for the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti’s views about border control and a photograph of six pigs with a caption: “It’s time to deploy our secret weapons against Islamists.” When Aakjaer was contacted by the Guardian in January, he said that he was not “a racist at all”.
  • (2) The BBC News Channel had it right when it captioned its live coverage “Cameron immigration speech”.
  • (3) The caption blamed "the dogs of the Interior [ministry]", and claimed that incendiary bombs had been fired at the building by police, "causing a very big fire" that "burned everything to ashes".
  • (4) This act and the physical fact of it are what the pictures principally announce, even if the caption claims that they are impressions of the countryside around Rome and that this is what connects them to the Poussin canvas.
  • (5) Toyota, said the closing caption, is working towards making a car that will "clean the air" as it drives.
  • (6) Stimuli were videotaped sentences that differed on half of the trials from a captioned target sentence by one viseme embedded in the middle of the sentence.
  • (7) I write this because the filmstar Keira Knightley married in France last week, and the news that she recycled (or, in human phrasing, wore her wedding dress for a second time ) was greeted by the media as a sign that Bridezilla is dead, even though I am sure it thought no such thing – but such are the imperatives of picture editors in need of captions.
  • (8) Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who had earlier expressed reservations about forcing Sterling to sell the Clippers , said he supported Silver's actions "100%" and posted a photo of the NBA's constitution on Instagram with the caption: "It exists for a reason."
  • (9) Their deepest worry should be that the clarity of that front-page image – a photo that requires no caption – might already have defined Labour’s leader with large sections of the public.
  • (10) Given all of the Department of State cables that I read, the fact that most of the cables were unclassified, and that all the cables have a SIPDIS caption.
  • (11) It's captioned "shoppy shoppy" and "#goldrush", but a photograph whose purpose is to illustrate plenty seems instead to depict a void.
  • (12) The original picture caption referred to "tar sandhills" in Nebraska.
  • (13) Egypt’s next president will come from this generation,” wrote the medic in his online caption for the video.
  • (14) Photograph and caption: terriblerealestateagentphotos.com When civil servant Helen O'Shea, 58, and her husband Peter, 59, who works for the International Cricket Council, marketed their home in Shepperton, Surrey, on 26 June, they were determined to present it at its best.
  • (15) On Thursday her daughter posted a photo on Instagram captioned "Mom's badass new hobby."
  • (16) The earlier photograph showed boarded-up houses in Liverpool, and had a caption implying that the city had a majority of leave voters.
  • (17) In fact, no UK ISP has ever blocked a private torrent site before.” Barack Obama’s support for net neutrality sets precedent for the rest of the world • The headline, subheading and caption on this article were amended on 28 November.
  • (18) It was captioned “A West End shopper argues with a protester”, but that’s not what happened at all: I was trying to calm him down.
  • (19) The original included a photograph which erroneously included Glenn Close in the caption.
  • (20) Anyone who thinks everything can be reduced to data is probably deluding themselves.” A picture caption in this article was edited on 4 August 2015.

Title


Definition:

  • (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
  • (n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
  • (n.) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
  • (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
  • (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
  • (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
  • (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
  • (n.) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
  • (n.) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
  • (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
  • (n.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
  • (2) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (3) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
  • (4) The New York Times also alleged that the Met had not passed full details about how many people were victims of the illegal practice to the CPS because it has a history of cooperation with News International titles.
  • (5) The Weinstein Company, which Harvey owns with his brother Bob, lost rights to the title on Tuesday following a ruling by the Motion Picture Association of America's arbitration board.
  • (6) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
  • (7) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
  • (8) I believe that the Lebedevs will be progressive and supportive owners of the Independent titles which have played such an important role in British public life for nearly 25 years.
  • (9) Rabbits, affected by acute bronchitis, treated orally with the title compounds showed a considerable reduction of the viscosity of the bronchial mucus.
  • (10) Levinson's film, to be titled Black Mass, will be based on the New York Times bestseller Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob , by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.
  • (11) Different games, different moments but it is very important to start winning our points at home.” City started their title defence by defeating Newcastle United 2-0.
  • (12) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (13) Information and titles for this bibliography were gleaned from printed indexes and university medical center libraries.
  • (14) There is a significant group of disorders which present with unruly hair, and these have been described under all manner of titles, including crinkly, woolly, kinky, crimped, frizzly, steely, spunglass, in an attempt to define their clinical appearance.
  • (15) I think that could have been the title of the play.
  • (16) The workforce has changed dramatically since 1900 – just 29,000 Americans today work in fishing and the number of job titles tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has grown to almost 600 – everything from “animal trainers” to “wind turbine service technicians” (and there are even more sub categories).
  • (17) This would be done under Title II of the Communications Act, which already covers telecommunications services but since 2002 has not covered "information services" – data travelling over the internet.
  • (18) The preparation of the title compounds from hyodeoxycholic acid is described.
  • (19) 5.08pm BST There were some non-title games on today.
  • (20) The only thing is that we had a chance to score another goal and instead we conceded a goal, as I think you saw.” Russia’s elimination means that Capello, who won nine league titles in 16 seasons with Milan, Real Madrid and Juventus, has now taken charge of seven World Cup games and won only one – when England beat Slovenia 1-0 four years ago.