Descent and Source

Descent

Descent noun - The act or process of going to a lower level or altitude.

Source and descent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Descent".

Source

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

Descent and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Descent" instead a noun "Source".

How words are described

steady steady descent steady source
original original descent original source
divine divine descent divine source

Both words in one sentence

  • Descent into Addiction The Basketball Diaries (and its source book) depicts Jim Carroll's descent into heroin and cocaine addiction.
  • Blog / Ask Princess Molestia Celly's subsequent descent into debauchery as Molestia is thus a major source of self-shame, as she believes that she's long since broken her promise.
  • Creator / Peter Paul Rubens In Het Dreigende Dinges the story A Dog of Flanders is used as a source for the plot, thus also bringing Rubens' Descent From The Cross back.
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