nitty-gritty vs core

core vs nitty-gritty

nitty-gritty and core both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

nitty-gritty (noun)	core (noun)
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
	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	(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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

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

Difference between nitty-gritty and core

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