Source vs. Fountain
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.
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.
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 rootFountainnoun
(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 quotationFountainnoun
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 storyFountainnoun
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 complaintsSourcenoun
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system;
a heat sourcea source of carbon dioxideSourcenoun
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 survivalSourceverb
get (a product) from another country or business;
She sourced a supply of carpetThey are sourcing from smaller companiesSourceverb
specify the origin of;
The writer carefully sourced her report
