origin vs provenance

provenance vs origin

origin and provenance both are nouns.

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

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

origin: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
provenance: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

Other hyponyms of origin include derivation, spring, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenience, home, point source, trail head, trailhead.

origin (noun)	provenance (noun)
properties attributable to your ancestry	where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
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

Difference between origin and provenance

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