Origin vs. Oregano

Origin vs. Oregano — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Origin and Oregano

Originnoun

The beginning of something.

Oreganonoun

A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.

Originnoun

The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

Oreganonoun

Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens

Originnoun

(mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

Oreganonoun

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

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Originnoun

(anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.

Oreganonoun

aromatic Eurasian perennial

Originnoun

(cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.

Oreganonoun

pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets

Originnoun

(in the plural) Ancestry.

Originnoun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being;

the Italian beginning of the RenaissanceJupiter was the origin of the radiationPittsburgh is the source of the Ohio Rivercommunism's Russian root
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Originnoun

properties attributable to your ancestry;

he comes from good origins

Originnoun

an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Originnoun

the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

Originnoun

the descendants of one individual;

his entire lineage has been warriors