source vs source materials

source materials vs source

source and source materials both are nouns.

source is a verb but source materials is not a verb.

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

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

source: a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
source materials: publications from which information is obtained

Other hyponyms of source include fountainhead, well, wellspring.

source (noun)	source materials (noun)
a facility where something is available	publications from which information is obtained
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)	source materials (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

Difference between source and source materials

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