expressed vs hard-core

expressed and hard-core both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expressed	No	Yes	No	No
hard-core	No	Yes	No	No

expressed (adjective)	hard-core (adjective)
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication	extremely explicit
communicated in words	stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
	intensely loyal