Core and Rest

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

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Rest is an antonym for core.

Nearby Words: cored, coring

Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.

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Core is an antonym for rest in topics: base, inactivity, remainder of something.

Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

old	old core	old rest
good	good core	good rest
special	special core	special rest
original	original core	original rest
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, small, actual, entire, real, evil, little, main, moral, unstable, urban.

The original Taelons were cultists, who drained the rest of the Atavus of their core energy to make themselves The Ageless, turning the rest into the short-lived Jaridians.

Source: One-Gender Race
In Real Life, the Earth's core spins because the rest of the Earth is spinning.

Source: Film / The Core
Despite being one of the core seven Dragons, he doesn't know or care about the Heroes, and just wants to rest.

Source: The Juggernaut

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