What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Source vs Ingressive - What's the difference?

source | ingressive |

As nouns the difference between source and ingressive

is that source is the person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired while ingressive is a speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.

As a verb source

is to obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.

As an adjective ingressive is

going or directed inward, entering.

source

English

(wikipedia source)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)
    • , title=Internal Combustion, chapter=2 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.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal
    • , volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • A reporter's informant.
  • (computing) Source code.
  • (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * sourceless * source code * primary source * secondary source * tertiary source

    Related terms

    * resource

    See also

    * target

    Verb

  • (chiefly, US) To obtain or procure:
  • To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.

    • Derived terms

    * (mainly US) sourcing * (mainly US) insourcing * (mainly US) outsourcing

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    ingressive

    English

    (wikipedia ingressive)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • going or directed inward, entering
  • open to entry or examination
    • The chances that your internet actions are being watched is low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern internet envioronment .
  • (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  • (geology) descriptive of a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
    • This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave .

    Antonyms

    * egressive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.

    • Antonyms

    * egressive ----