The difference between Root and Source

When used as nouns, root means the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction, whereas source means the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

When used as verbs, root means to fix the root, whereas source means to obtain or procure:.

check bellow for the other definitions of Root and Source

  1. Root as a noun:

    The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.

    Examples:

    "This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground."

  2. Root as a noun:

    A root vegetable.

  3. Root as a noun:

    The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

    Examples:

    "Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing."

  4. Root as a noun:

    The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

    Examples:

    "The root is the only part of the hair that is alive."

  5. Root as a noun:

    The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.

    Examples:

    "He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen."

  6. Root as a noun:

    The primary source; origin.

    Examples:

    "The love of money is the root of all evil."

  7. Root as a noun (arithmetic):

    Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.

    Examples:

    "The cube root of 27 is 3."

  8. Root as a noun (arithmetic):

    A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).

    Examples:

    "Multiply by root 2."

  9. Root as a noun (analysis):

    A zero (of an equation).

  10. Root as a noun (graph theory, computing):

    The single node of a tree that has no parent.

  11. Root as a noun (linguistic morphology):

    The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.

  12. Root as a noun (philology):

    A word from which another word or words are derived.

  13. Root as a noun (music):

    The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Busby"

  14. Root as a noun:

    The lowest place, position, or part.

  15. Root as a noun (computing):

    In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

    Examples:

    "I have to log in as root before I do that."

  16. Root as a noun (computing):

    The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.

    Examples:

    "I installed the files in the root directory."

  17. Root as a noun (slang):

    A penis, especially the base of a penis.

  1. Root as a verb:

    To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

  2. Root as a verb:

    To be firmly fixed; to be established.

  3. Root as a verb (computing, slang, transitive):

    To break into a computer system and obtain root access.

    Examples:

    "We rooted his box and planted a virus on it."

  1. Root as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To turn up or dig with the snout.

    Examples:

    "A pig roots the earth for truffles."

  2. Root as a verb (by extension):

    To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

  3. Root as a verb (intransitive):

    To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.

    Examples:

    "rooting about in a junk-filled drawer"

  4. Root as a verb (transitive):

    To root out; to abolish.

  5. Root as a verb (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang):

    To have sexual intercourse.

  6. Root as a verb (horticulture, intransitive):

    To grow roots

    Examples:

    "The cuttings are starting to root."

  7. Root as a verb (horticulture, transitive):

    To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings

    Examples:

    "We rooted some cuttings last summer."

  1. Root as a noun (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang):

    An act of sexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "Fancy a root?"

  2. Root as a noun (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang):

    A sexual partner.

  1. Root as a verb (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US):

    To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of.

    Examples:

    "I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!"

  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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