source vs jumping-off place

jumping-off place vs source

source and jumping-off place both are nouns.

source is a verb but jumping-off place is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
source	Yes	No	Yes	No
jumping-off place	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, jumping-off place is a hyponym of source; that is, jumping-off place is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than source:

source: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
jumping-off place: a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

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

source (noun)	jumping-off place (noun)
a facility where something is available	a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
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)	jumping-off place (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

Difference between source and jumping-off place

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