Core and Principal

Core

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

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Principal and core are semantically related in main topic. In some cases you can use "Principal" instead the word "Core" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like fundamental, basic, central.

Nearby Words: cored, coring

Principal

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

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Antonyms for Principal

Core and principal are semantically related in main topic. Sometimes you can use "Core" instead the word "Principal" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as fundamental, basic.

Nearby Words: principle, principally, principality, principe

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How words are described

old	old core	old principal
good	good core	good principal
actual	actual core	actual principal
entire	entire core	entire principal
Other adjectives: real, evil, new, titular, said.

Both words in one sentence

Joe Clark stresses discipline and control as the only effective methods of instruction, he can only save the core student body rather than everyone, and the principal unceremoniously throws dozens of "troublemakers" out of the school, facing the issue head-on with brutal practicality.

Source: Glurge
If the User wins the Principal Office gets destroyed and Mainframe crashes, but if anyone else wins the core energy leaves with the game and Mainframe crashes.

Source: Holodeck Malfunction
Used in an episode of ReBoot: a game cube lands on the Principal Office, resulting in the Office's core being transported out of the Office itself.

Source: Morton's Fork

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