foundation vs beginning

beginning vs foundation

foundation and beginning both are nouns.

foundation is not an adjective while beginning is an adjective.

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

As nouns, beginning is a hypernym of foundation; that is, beginning is a word with a broader meaning than foundation:

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

Other hypernyms of foundation include commencement, start.

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

foundation (adjective)	beginning (adjective)
	serving to begin

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