The difference between Gist and Kernel
When used as nouns, gist means the most essential part, whereas kernel means the core, center, or essence of an object or system.
Gist is also verb with the meaning: to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Gist and Kernel
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Gist as a noun:
The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith.
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Gist as a noun (legal, dated):
The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
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Gist as a noun (obsolete):
Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
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Gist as a verb:
To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
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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.