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source vs origin

origin vs source

source and origin both are nouns.

source is a verb but origin is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
source Yes No Yes No
origin Yes No No No
As nouns, source and origin are synonyms defined as:
  • source and origin: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Other synonyms of source include beginning, root, rootage.
As nouns, origin is a hyponym of source; that is, origin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than source:
  • source: (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
  • origin: the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
source (noun) origin (noun)
a facility where something is available properties attributable to your ancestry
anything that provides inspiration for later work the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to the hereditary derivation of an individual
the place where something begins, where it springs into being 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 the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
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) origin (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business
Difference between source and origin

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