Resource vs Source - What's the difference?
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Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
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, title= To supply with s.
* {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education
, passage=All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.}}
The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
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, title=Internal Combustion, chapter=2 * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
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, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A reporter's informant.
(computing) Source code.
(electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
(chiefly, US) To obtain or procure:
To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.
Source is a related term of resource.
As nouns the difference between resource and source
is that resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel while source is the person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.As verbs the difference between resource and source
is that resource is to supply with resources while source is to obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.resource
English
(wikipedia resource)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
Derived terms
* resourceful * human resources * natural resource * renewable resource * subresourceSee also
* meansReferences
* *Verb
(resourc)citation
Anagrams
* recourse ----source
English
(wikipedia source)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources . Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}