source vs headwater

headwater vs source

source and headwater both are nouns.

source is a verb but headwater is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
source	Yes	No	Yes	No
headwater	Yes	No	No	No

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

source: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
headwater: the source of a river

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

source (noun)	headwater (noun)
a facility where something is available	the source of a river
anything that provides inspiration for later work
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
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)	headwater (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

Difference between source and headwater

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