Difference between Fountain and Fount

What is the difference between Fountain and Fount?

Fountain as a noun is a spring, natural source of water. while Fount as a noun is something from which water flows

Fountain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A spring, natural source of water. 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. The structure from which an artificial fountain issues A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. A source, origin of a flow (e.g. of favors, of knowledge). A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that thows it. A soda fountain.

Example sentence: I'm a writer; as soon as I imagine what would happen if I found the fountain of youth, it turns into a dystopia in my head.

Fount

Part of speech: noun

Definition: something from which water flowsa device from which poultry may drinkthat from which something flows or proceedsA typographic font.

We hope you now know whether to use Fountain or Fount in your sentence.

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