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source vs passive source

passive source vs source

source and passive source both are nouns.

source is a verb but passive source is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
source Yes No Yes No
passive source Yes No No No
As nouns, passive source is a hyponym of source; that is, passive source is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than source:
  • source: a person who supplies information
  • passive source: an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
Other hyponyms of source include betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer, leaker, whistle-blower, whistle blower, whistleblower.
source (noun) passive source (noun)
a facility where something is available an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
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) passive source (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business
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