Reservoir vs Fount - What's the difference?
reservoir | fount | Related terms |
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.
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a device from which poultry may drink
(figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
Reservoir is a related term of fount.
As nouns the difference between reservoir and fount
is that reservoir is reservoir while fount is something from which water flows or fount can be (typography|british|dated) a typographic font.reservoir
English
Noun
(en noun)Katie L. Burke
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Derived terms
* water reservoir * receiving reservoir * oil reservoir * petroleum reservoirfount
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of fountainNoun
(en noun)- He is a real fount of knowledge!