fountain vs outpouring

fountain and outpouring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fountain	Yes	No	No	No
outpouring	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fountain and outpouring are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of fountain include natural spring, outflow, spring.

fountain (noun)	outpouring (noun)
a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water	a large flow
an artificially produced flow of water	the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises	the pouring forth of a fluid
a natural flow of ground water	a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
	a natural flow of ground water