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source vs germ

germ vs source

source and germ both are nouns.

source is a verb but germ is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
source Yes No Yes No
germ Yes No No No
As nouns, source and germ are synonyms defined as:
  • source and germ: anything that provides inspiration for later work
Other synonyms of source include seed.
source (noun) germ (noun)
a facility where something is available a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
anything that provides inspiration for later work a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained anything that provides inspiration for later work
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
source (verb) germ (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business
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