Difference between Promontory and Headland

PROMONTORY vs HEADLAND: NOUN

A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
In anatomy, a prominent or protuberant part; a prominence, eminence, or protuberance.
A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland.
A projecting part.
A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

The unplowed boundary of a field
A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape
A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water.
A ridge or strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence.
The unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow.
A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory.
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Sand dune, Martello tower, Hillock, Peninsula, Knoll, Lighthouse, Volcanic crater, Hillside, Massif, Ridge, Hilltop, Escarpment, Ness, Foreland, Headland

Escarpment, Groyne, Foreshore, Cutting edge, Forefront, Cap, Ness, Tip, Peak, Edge, Ras, Chap, Cape, Foreland, Promontory

Ridgeline, Hummock, Battlement, Sand dune, Martello tower, Peninsula, Volcanic crater, Hillside, Massif, Ridge, Hilltop, Escarpment, Ness, Foreland, Headland

Escarpment, Groyne, Foreshore, Cutting edge, Forefront, Cap, Ness, Tip, Peak, Edge, Ras, Chap, Cape, Foreland, Promontory

Ann Jaedicke, a managing director at Promontory Financial Group.
The Gargano promontory a rich history, nature and culture.
Farther north was a promontory, I became one.
Its base camp is named the Dawnseeker Promontory.
She reminded Jury of a small, rocky promontory.
Promontory Summit, which had just a few buildings.
UNION PACIFIC BUILT FROM OGDEN TO PROMONTORY POINT.
Promontory will conduct the Foreclosure Review using only personnel employed or retained by Promontory to perform the work required to complete the Foreclosure Review.
Promontory, Utah, Promontory Point, Utah, Property Rights, Prophetic Words, by Miller, review, Prose, Madeline, Prospect, Ore.
At intersection of Vedder and Promontory, turn left on Promontory and follow this road uphill until intersection of Promontory and Sylvan.

Taronga Zoo, Balmoral Beach and Headland Park with great views.
The headland is roughly shaped like an axe-head.
Rocky promontories and headland intersperse wide sandy beaches.
There is no cloaking room at the Headland.
Primary Aid to Navigation: An aid to navigation established for the purpose of making landfalls and coastwise passages from headland to headland.
Highland names with their poetical significance, Ardnamurchan, the headland of the great sea, Ardtornish, the headland of the falling waters, and so forth.
The track continues around the headland, before you can climb a stile, and head across the short and flat headland to Treyarnon.
Note: If you return to the start of the headland before you define a guidance line, the headland will notcomplete.
At Norries Headland (Cabarita) and Hastings Point, timbered walking tracks wind from the beach to the headland.
Headland Approach Display The Headland Approach Display shows the distance to upcoming headland boundaries instead of the swath number in the left alphanumeric display.