quintessence vs core

core vs quintessence

quintessence and core both are nouns.

quintessence is not a verb while core is a verb.

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

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

quintessence: the purest and most concentrated essence of something
core: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

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

quintessence (noun)	core (noun)
the purest and most concentrated essence of something	a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
the most typical example or representative of a type	the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies	(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories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

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

Difference between quintessence and core

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