stuff vs core

stuff and core both are nouns.

stuff and core both are verbs.

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

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

stuff: a critically important or characteristic component
core: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

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

stuff (noun)	core (noun)
miscellaneous unspecified objects	a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
unspecified qualities required to do or be something	the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
a critically important or characteristic component	(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
senseless talk	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
information in some unspecified form	the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
informal terms for personal possessions	a small group of indispensable persons or things
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object	the center of an object
	the central part of the Earth
	a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

stuff (verb)	core (verb)
fill with a stuffing while cooking	remove the core or center from
fill tightly with a material
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
cram into a cavity
obstruct
press or force

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