Eli5 How the earth’s core doesn’t stop from the huge friction created between inner outer core?

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Eli5 How the earth’s core doesn’t stop from the huge friction created between inner outer core?

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What friction? the outer and inter-core are more at practically the same rate so there is no friction between them.

Technically is a small difference of a quarter of a turn in a century, but that is extremely low speed and the outer core is liquid metal so not a lot of friction

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