source vs whistleblower

whistleblower vs source

source and whistleblower both are nouns.

source is a verb but whistleblower is not a verb.

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

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

source: a person who supplies information
whistleblower: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it

Other hyponyms of source include betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer, leaker, passive source, whistle-blower, whistle blower.

source (noun)	whistleblower (noun)
a facility where something is available	an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
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)	whistleblower (verb)
specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

Difference between source and whistleblower

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