The difference between Source and Target

When used as nouns, source means the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired, whereas target means a butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

When used as verbs, source means to obtain or procure:, whereas target means to aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

check bellow for the other definitions of Source and Target

  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.

  1. Target as a noun:

    A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

    Examples:

    "Take careful aim at the target."

  2. Target as a noun:

    A goal or objective.

    Examples:

    "They have a target to finish the project by November."

  3. Target as a noun:

    A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

  4. Target as a noun (obsolete):

    A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.

  5. Target as a noun (heraldry):

    A bearing representing a buckler.

  6. Target as a noun (sports):

    The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

    Examples:

    "He made a good target."

  7. Target as a noun (surveying):

    The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

  8. Target as a noun (rail transport):

    A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

  9. Target as a noun (cricket):

    the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

  10. Target as a noun (linguistics):

    The tenor of a metaphor.

  11. Target as a noun (translation studies):

    The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

    Examples:

    "Do you charge by source or target?"

  12. Target as a noun:

    A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

  13. Target as a noun (UK, dated):

    A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

  14. Target as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A tassel or pendant.

  15. Target as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A shred; a tatter.

  1. Target as a verb (transitive):

    To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

  2. Target as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To aim for as an audience or demographic.

    Examples:

    "The advertising campaign targeted older women."

  3. Target as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To produce code suitable for.

    Examples:

    "This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors."

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