source vs provenience

provenience vs source

source and provenience both are nouns.

source is a verb but provenience is not a verb.

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

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

source: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
provenience: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

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

source (noun)	provenience (noun)
a facility where something is available	where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
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)	provenience (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

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