Source vs. Essence
Sourcenoun
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
Sourcenoun
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
Sourcenoun
A reporter's informant.
Sourcenoun
(computing) Source code.
Sourcenoun
(electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Sourceverb
To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
Sourceverb
(transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source from which it comes: to find a citation for.
Sourcenoun
The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
Sourcenoun
The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
Sourcenoun
That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
Sourcenoun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being;
Sourcenoun
a person who supplies information
Sourcenoun
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;
Sourcenoun
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained;
Sourcenoun
a facility where something is available
Sourcenoun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Sourcenoun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;
Sourcenoun
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system;
Sourcenoun
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies;
Sourceverb
get (a product) from another country or business;
Sourceverb
specify the origin of;
Essencenoun
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
Essencenoun
(philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Essencenoun
Constituent substance.
Essencenoun
A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
Essencenoun
A significant feature of something.
Essencenoun
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
Essencenoun
An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring.
Essencenoun
Fragrance, a perfume.
Essencenoun
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
Essencenoun
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
Essencenoun
Constituent substance.
Essencenoun
A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
Essencenoun
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
Essencenoun
Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
Essenceverb
To perfume; to scent.
Essencenoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
Essencenoun
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
Essencenoun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Essencenoun
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
Essencenoun
the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character
Essencenoun
a property or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is
Essencenoun
an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent
Essence
Essence (Latin: essentia) is a polysemic term, used in philosophy and theology as a designation for the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the entity or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity.
