core vs inside

core

noun
  • The center or inner part of a space or area. 

  • A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field. 

  • The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. 

  • The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents. 

  • A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy. 

  • An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons). 

  • A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself. 

  • A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver. 

  • The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting. 

  • Used to designate the main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group. 

  • The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax. 

  • An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor). 

  • The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids. 

  • A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling. 

  • The heart or inner part of a physical thing. 

  • The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence. 

  • The central fissile portion of a fission weapon. 

  • A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound. 

  • The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. 

  • The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place. 

  • A miner's underground working time or shift. 

  • The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material. 

adj
  • Forming the most important or essential part. 

verb
  • To cut or drill through the core of (something). 

  • To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. 

  • To extract a sample with a drill. 

inside

noun
  • The interior or inner part. 

  • The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people. 

  • The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. 

  • The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. 

adj
  • Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. 

  • Toward the batter as it crosses home plate. 

  • At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary. 

  • Nearer to the interior or centre of something. 

  • Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation. 

prep
  • Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference. 

  • Within a period of time. 

adv
  • In or to prison. 

  • Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking. 

  • Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building. 

  • Indoors. 

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