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Resource vs Sourcebook - What's the difference?

resource | sourcebook |

As nouns the difference between resource and sourcebook

is that resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, eg raw materials or personnel while sourcebook is a book consisting of a collection of writings on a particular subject.

As a verb resource

is to supply with s.

resource

English

(wikipedia resource)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= 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,
  • A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= 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 * subresource

    Related terms

    * source

    See also

    * means

    References

    * *

    Verb

    (resourc)
  • To supply with s.
  • * {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education citation
    • , 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.}}

    Anagrams

    * recourse ----

    sourcebook

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book consisting of a collection of writings on a particular subject.
  • A publication intended to supplement the core materials of a roleplaying game.
  • * 2008 , James Wyatt, ?Bill Slavicsek, ?Richard Baker, Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies (page 156)
    • That sourcebook is aimed at players of fighters, rogues, rangers, and warlords, and by design you're not going to find much in that book to appeal to other characters.

    Anagrams

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