Source vs. Fountain

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;

Fountainnoun

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

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.

Fountainnoun

The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue.

Fountainnoun

A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn.

Fountainnoun

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

Fountainnoun

(heraldry) A roundel barry wavy argent and azure.

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.

Fountainnoun

(US) A soda fountain.

Fountainverb

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

Fountainnoun

A spring of water issuing from the earth.

Fountainnoun

An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.

Fountainnoun

A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.

Fountainnoun

The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Fountainnoun

a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

Fountainnoun

a natural flow of ground water

Fountainnoun

an artificially produced flow of water

Fountainnoun

a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin (genitive ), a source or spring) is a structure which squirts water into a basin to supply drinking water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.