quiddity vs core

core vs quiddity

quiddity and core both are nouns.

quiddity is not a verb while core is a verb.

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

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

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

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

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	(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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

quiddity (verb)	core (verb)
	remove the core or center from

Difference between quiddity and core

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