point of departure vs origin

origin vs point of departure

point of departure and origin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
point of departure	Yes	No	No	No
origin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, origin is a hypernym of point of departure; that is, origin is a word with a broader meaning than point of departure:

point of departure: a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
origin: the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Other hypernyms of point of departure include beginning, root, rootage, source.

point of departure (noun)	origin (noun)
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched	properties attributable to your ancestry
a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched	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 point of departure and origin

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