core vs nitty-gritty

nitty-gritty vs core

core and nitty-gritty both are nouns.

core is a verb but nitty-gritty is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
core	Yes	No	Yes	No
nitty-gritty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, core and nitty-gritty are synonyms defined as:

core and nitty-gritty: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Other synonyms of core include center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum.

core (noun)	nitty-gritty (noun)
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
a small group of indispensable persons or things
the center of an object
the central part of the Earth
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

core (verb)	nitty-gritty (verb)
remove the core or center from

Difference between core and nitty-gritty

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