Every year, the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales have a series of rugby matches. Even non-rugby fans like me sit up and pay attention. We call it "The State of Origin". We don't call it "The State of Source".

Hi Victoria, These words are synonymous! That means they are the same thing! But to be sure, here are the two definitions from dictionary.com: Source: 1. any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium? 2. the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river. 3. a book, statement, person, etc., supplying information. 4. the person or business making interest or dividend payments. 5. a manufacturer or supplier. * * Origin: 1. something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin. 2. rise or derivation from a particular source: the origin of a word. 3. the first stage of existence; beginning: the origin of Quakerism in America. 4. ancestry; parentage; extraction: to be of Scottish origin. 5. Anatomy . a. the point of derivation. b. the more fixed portion of a muscle.

Hi Victoria, These words are synonymous! That means they are the same thing! But to be sure, here are the two definitions from dictionary.com: Source: 1. any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium? 2. the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river. 3. a book, statement, person, etc., supplying information. 4. the person or business making interest or dividend payments. 5. a manufacturer or supplier. * * Origin: 1. something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin. 2. rise or derivation from a particular source: the origin of a word. 3. the first stage of existence; beginning: the origin of Quakerism in America. 4. ancestry; parentage; extraction: to be of Scottish origin. 5. Anatomy . a. the point of derivation. b. the more fixed portion of a muscle.