origin vs germination

origin and germination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
origin	Yes	No	No	No
germination	Yes	No	No	No

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

origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
germination: the origin of some development

Other hyponyms of origin include cause, overture, preliminary, prelude, emanation, procession, rise.

origin (noun)	germination (noun)
properties attributable to your ancestry	the origin of some development
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero	the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
the hereditary derivation of an individual
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived