Gothic vs fount

fount vs Gothic

Gothic and fount both are nouns.

Gothic is an adjective but fount is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gothic	Yes	Yes	No	No
fount	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fount is a hypernym of Gothic; that is, fount is a word with a broader meaning than Gothic:

Gothic: a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
fount: a specific size and style of type within a type family

Other hypernyms of Gothic include case, face, font, typeface.

Gothic (noun)	fount (noun)
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches	a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas	a specific size and style of type within a type family
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

Gothic (adjective)	fount (adjective)
of or relating to the Goths
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

Difference between Gothic and fount

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