beginning vs foundation

foundation vs beginning

beginning and foundation both are nouns.

beginning is an adjective but foundation is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beginning	Yes	Yes	No	No
foundation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foundation is a hyponym of beginning; that is, foundation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beginning:

beginning: the act of starting something
foundation: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Other hyponyms of beginning include jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard, activation, attack, tone-beginning, constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization, debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling, face-off, first step, initiative, opening, opening move, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, startup, creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, installation, installing, installment, instalment, jump ball, kickoff, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, startup.

beginning (noun)	foundation (noun)
the act of starting something	the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
the first part or section of something	lowest support of a structure
the event consisting of the start of something	a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
the place where something begins, where it springs into being	the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
the time at which something is supposed to begin	education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
	an institution supported by an endowment
	the basis on which something is grounded

beginning (adjective)	foundation (adjective)
serving to begin

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