The difference between Crux and Kernel
When used as nouns, crux means the basic, central, or essential point or feature, whereas kernel means the core, center, or essence of an object or system.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crux and Kernel
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Crux as a noun:
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
Examples:
"The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished."
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Crux as a noun:
The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
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Crux as a noun:
A puzzle or difficulty.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dr. Sheridan"
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Crux as a noun (climbing):
The hardest point of a climb.
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Crux as a noun (heraldiccharge):
A cross on a coat of arms.
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Kernel as a noun:
The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
Examples:
"the kernel of an argument"
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Kernel as a noun (botany):
The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
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Kernel as a noun (botany):
A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
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Kernel as a noun (botany, US):
The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
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Kernel as a noun:
A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
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Kernel as a noun (computing):
The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
Examples:
"The Linux kernel is open-source."
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Kernel as a noun (computing):
The core engine of any complex software system.
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Kernel as a noun (calculus):
A function used to define an integral transform.
Examples:
"The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation."
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Kernel as a noun (mathematics):
A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
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Kernel as a noun (mathematics, linear algebra, functional analysis):
For a given function (especially a linear map between vector spaces), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.
Examples:
"If a function is continuous then its kernel is a closed set."
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Kernel as a noun (mathematics, category theory):
For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism.
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Kernel as a noun (mathematics, fuzzy set theory):
The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
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Kernel as a noun (slang):
The human clitoris.
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Kernel as a noun (chemistry):
The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.