jumping-off place vs source

source vs jumping-off place

jumping-off place and source both are nouns.

jumping-off place is not a verb while source is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jumping-off place	Yes	No	No	No
source	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, source is a hypernym of jumping-off place; that is, source is a word with a broader meaning than jumping-off place:

jumping-off place: a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
source: the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Other hypernyms of jumping-off place include beginning, origin, root, rootage.

jumping-off place (noun)	source (noun)
a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched	a facility where something is available
	anything that provides inspiration for later work
	a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
	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

jumping-off place (verb)	source (verb)
	specify the origin of
	get (a product) from another country or business

Difference between jumping-off place and source

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