cradle vs source

source vs cradle

cradle and source both are nouns.

cradle and source both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cradle	Yes	No	Yes	No
source	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, source is a hypernym of cradle; that is, source is a word with a broader meaning than cradle:

cradle: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
source: the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Other hypernyms of cradle include beginning, origin, root, rootage.

cradle (noun)	source (noun)
a baby bed with sides and rockers	a facility where something is available
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold	anything that provides inspiration for later work
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence	a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
birth of a person	a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
	the place where something begins, where it springs into being
	anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
	someone who originates or causes or initiates something
	a person who supplies information
	(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

cradle (verb)	source (verb)
run with the stick	specify the origin of
hold gently and carefully	get (a product) from another country or business
wash in a cradle
cut grain with a cradle scythe
hold or place in or as if in a cradle
bring up from infancy

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