Source vs. Fountain

Source vs. Fountain — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Source and Fountain

Sourcenoun

The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.

Fountainnoun

(originally) A natural source of water; a spring.

Sourcenoun

Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.

Fountainnoun

An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.

Sourcenoun

A reporter's informant.

Fountainnoun

The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.

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Sourcenoun

(computing) Source code.

Fountainnoun

A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.

Sourcenoun

(electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Fountainnoun

A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge).

Sourceverb

To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.

Fountainnoun

(heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.

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Sourceverb

(transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source from which it comes: to find a citation for.

Fountainnoun

(juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.

Sourcenoun

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

Fountainnoun

(US) A soda fountain.

Sourcenoun

a person who supplies information

Fountainverb

(intransitive) To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Lava fountained from the volcano.

Sourcenoun

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;

he carried an armful of references back to his deskhe spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

Fountainnoun

a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

Sourcenoun

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained;

the reporter had two sources for the story

Fountainnoun

a natural flow of ground water

Sourcenoun

a facility where something is available

Fountainnoun

an artificially produced flow of water

Sourcenoun

anything that provides inspiration for later work

Fountainnoun

a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

Sourcenoun

someone who originates or causes or initiates something;

he was the generator of several complaints

Sourcenoun

(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system;

a heat sourcea source of carbon dioxide

Sourcenoun

anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies;

an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

Sourceverb

get (a product) from another country or business;

She sourced a supply of carpetThey are sourcing from smaller companies

Sourceverb

specify the origin of;

The writer carefully sourced her report