HEAD vs. MIND

[Jesus1]

Hello! Good evening! How is it going?

Sometimes I get confused between mind
and head. I don?t remember but
I have seen this term used indistinctively in
the same sentence.

My sentence is the following one:

"Get that thought out of
your HEAD/MIND!"

It should be MIND ?cause thoughts
are in our mind. Not? But I think
I can use head as well. And I don?t
know why. Can I use both?

thanks indeed!

Jes?s

[Mister Micawber]

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You can use both. Head is the container, brain is the organ, mind is the function that reveals itself in consciousness. We often use one to represent the other, a sort of metonymy.
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber