origin vs overture

overture vs origin

origin and overture both are nouns.

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

As nouns, overture is a hyponym of origin; that is, overture 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
overture: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

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

origin (noun)	overture (noun)
properties attributable to your ancestry	a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero	orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events	something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
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

Difference between origin and overture

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