Core and Lead

Core

Core noun - The seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions.

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Lead and core are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Core".

Nearby Words: cored, coring

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Core and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Core" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human core	human lead
good	good core	good lead
soft	soft core	soft lead
normal	normal core	normal lead
Other adjectives: solid, original, true, single, strong, actual, entire, real, massive, large, little, main, new, hot, primary, titular, molten.

The Fast Show`s core concept is an inversion of the Python type approach, instead being practically all punchlines with very little lead-up.

Source: Punchline
Kasshu lead them to the point where his own daughter was now the core of the Devil Gundam.

Source: Heel Realization
They had something similar for the prequel Crisis Core, where the actions taken to find the thief who stole Zack's wallet can lead to a different type of conversation with Aerith.

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