core vs stuff

core and stuff both are nouns.

core and stuff both are verbs.

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

As nouns, stuff is a hyponym of core; that is, stuff 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
stuff: a critically important or characteristic component

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

core (noun)	stuff (noun)
a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil	miscellaneous unspecified objects
the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place	unspecified qualities required to do or be something
(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories	a critically important or characteristic component
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	senseless talk
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work	information in some unspecified form
a small group of indispensable persons or things	informal terms for personal possessions
the center of an object	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
the central part of the Earth
a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

core (verb)	stuff (verb)
remove the core or center from	fill with a stuffing while cooking
	fill tightly with a material
	treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
	overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
	cram into a cavity
	obstruct
	press or force

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