quintessence vs heart

heart vs quintessence

quintessence and heart both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

quintessence (noun)	heart (noun)
the purest and most concentrated essence of something	a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
the most typical example or representative of a type	the courage to carry on
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies	an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
	the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
	the locus of feelings and intuitions
	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	a positive feeling of liking
	a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
	an area that is approximately central within some larger region
	a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines

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