Source vs Dressing - What's the difference?
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The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
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, 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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(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.
(medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
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, chapter=5 A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
The activity of getting dressed.
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(obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
(dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
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As nouns the difference between source and dressing
is that source is the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc) comes or is acquired while dressing is (medicine) material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.As verbs the difference between source and dressing
is that source is (chiefly|us) to obtain or procure: while dressing is .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.}}
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* sourceless * source code * primary source * secondary source * tertiary sourceSee also
* targetVerb
Derived terms
* (mainly US) sourcing * (mainly US) insourcing * (mainly US) outsourcingExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----dressing
English
(wikipedia dressing)Noun
citation, passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.}}
- Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.
- (Ben Jonson)