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center vs core

core vs center

center and core both are nouns.

center is an adjective but core is not an adjective.

center and core both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
center Yes Yes Yes No
core Yes No Yes No
As nouns, center and core are synonyms defined as:
  • center and core: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Other synonyms of center include centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum.
As nouns, core is a hyponym of center; that is, core is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than center:
  • center: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
  • core: the center of an object
Other hyponyms of center include bight, center of curvature, centre of curvature, bowels, bull's eye, bull, center of gravity, centre of gravity, center of mass, centre of mass, navel, navel point, nombril, nucleus, nucleus.
center (noun) core (noun)
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
a building dedicated to a particular activity the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher a small group of indispensable persons or things
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process the center of an object
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience the central part of the Earth
the object upon which interest and attention focuses a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
politically moderate persons; centrists
the middle of a military or naval formation
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
center (adjective) core (adjective)
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
equally distant from the extremes
center (verb) core (verb)
direct one's attention on something remove the core or center from
move into the center
center upon
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