core vs significance

significance vs core

core and significance both are nouns.

core is a verb but significance is not a verb.

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

As nouns, significance is a hypernym of core; that is, significance is a word with a broader meaning than core:

core: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
significance: the message that is intended or expressed or signified

Other hypernyms of core include import, meaning, signification.

core (noun)	significance (noun)
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil	the quality of being significant
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories	the message that is intended or expressed or signified
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)	significance (verb)
remove the core or center from

Difference between core and significance

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