The difference between Beginning and Source

When used as nouns, beginning means the act of doing that which begins anything, whereas source means the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Beginning is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

Source is also verb with the meaning: to obtain or procure:.

check bellow for the other definitions of Beginning and Source

  1. Beginning as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

  2. Beginning as a noun:

    That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

  3. Beginning as a noun:

    That which begins or originates something; the first cause.

  4. Beginning as a noun:

    The initial portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story."

    "That house is at the beginning of the street."

  1. Beginning as a verb:

    Examples:

    "He is beginning to read a new book."

  1. Beginning as an adjective (informal):

    Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "in the beginning paragraph of the chapter"

    "in the beginning section of the course"

  1. Source as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  2. Source as a noun:

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

    Examples:

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

  3. Source as a noun:

    A reporter's informant.

  4. Source as a noun (computing):

    Source code.

  5. Source as a noun (electronics):

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

  1. Source as a verb (chiefly, US):

    To obtain or procure:

  2. Source as a verb (transitive):

    To find information about (a quotation)'s source : to find a citation for.

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