Thursday, June 30, 2016

be head, behead

Be head or be head ( two words ) means [ be ] the chief  or superior ( head ) --
He wants to be head waiter, but he doesn't have enough experience.
He may be head of production when the current head retires.

Behead or behead ( one word ) means to decapitate, to cut off the head --
The French used the guillotine to behead people who were condemned to death.
The British Parliament voted to behead their king, after trying him for treason.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Who will be head of state after we behead the king?"

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