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Core vs. Corps
Core
/kɔː/Examples:
Shaken to the core, if you know what I mean.The apple's core held the seeds for new life.At the core of the Earth, temperatures rise sharply.
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This word has no antonymsCorps
/kɔː/Examples:
She joined the Peace Corps to help in rural areas.The press corps gathered for the presidential briefing.He excelled as a leader in the engineering corps.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Core is a single, self-contained word, while corps usually implies a group or organization.
- The word core refers to the central or most important part of something, think of it like the core of an apple which is at its center.
- Corps is pronounced like core, but it has a silent ps at the end, often relating to a body of people, like a Marine Corps.
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