Difference between Source and Reservoir

What is the difference between Source and Reservoir?

Source as a noun is the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. while Reservoir as a noun is a place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.

Source

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates. A reporter's informant. Source code.

Example sentence: The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Reservoir

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts.A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.A supply or source of something.

Example sentence: Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

We hope you now know whether to use Source or Reservoir in your sentence.

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