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Core vs Middle - What's the difference?

core | middle |

As nouns the difference between core and middle

is that core is the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds while middle is a centre, midpoint.

As a verb core

is to remove the core of an apple or other fruit.

As an acronym CORE

is congress of Racial Equality.

As a proper noun Core

is the birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.

As an adjective middle is

located in the middle; in between.

core

Translingual

Adjective

(head)
  • .
  • Coordinate terms

    * basal

    Derived terms

    * core eudicots * core Malvales * core leptosporangiates * core Notholaena * core Caryophyllales * core Ericales * core Lamiales * core Acanthaceae * core Isoglossinae ----

    middle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * myddle (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A centre, midpoint.
  • The part between the beginning and the end.
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  • (cricket) The middle stump.
  • The central part of a human body.
  • (grammar) The middle voice.
  • Synonyms

    * centre, center * midpoint * midst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Located in the middle; in between.
  • the middle point
    middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
  • Central.
  • Pertaining to the middle voice.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * middle age * middle-aged * Middle Ages * middle child * middle class * Middle East * middleman * middle management * middle passage * middle path * middleware * middle way