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breakfast food vs cereal

cereal vs breakfast food

breakfast food and cereal both are nouns.

breakfast food is not an adjective while cereal is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
breakfast food Yes No No No
cereal Yes Yes No No
As nouns, cereal is a hyponym of breakfast food; that is, cereal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than breakfast food:
  • breakfast food: any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
  • cereal: a breakfast food prepared from grain
Other hyponyms of breakfast food include muesli.
breakfast food (noun) cereal (noun)
any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast a breakfast food prepared from grain
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
breakfast food (adjective) cereal (adjective)
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
Difference between breakfast food and cereal

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