source vs informer

informer vs source

source and informer both are nouns.

source is a verb but informer is not a verb.

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

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

source: a person who supplies information
informer: one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

Other hyponyms of source include betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer, leaker, passive source, whistle-blower, whistle blower, whistleblower.

source (noun)	informer (noun)
a facility where something is available	one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
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)	informer (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

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