core vs quiddity

quiddity vs core

core and quiddity both are nouns.

core is a verb but quiddity is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
core	Yes	No	Yes	No
quiddity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quiddity is a hyponym of core; that is, quiddity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than core:

core: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
quiddity: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

Other hyponyms of core include bare bones, hypostasis, haecceity, quintessence, stuff.

core (noun)	quiddity (noun)
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil	the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place	an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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)	quiddity (verb)
remove the core or center from

Difference between core and quiddity

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