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cereal vs grain

grain vs cereal

cereal and grain both are nouns.

cereal is an adjective but grain is not an adjective.

cereal is not a verb while grain is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cereal Yes Yes No No
grain Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cereal and grain are synonyms defined as:
  • cereal and grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Other synonyms of cereal include food grain.
As nouns, grain is a hyponym of cereal; that is, grain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cereal:
  • cereal: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
  • grain: a cereal grass
Other hyponyms of cereal include oat, barley, rice, rice grass, ricegrass, bulrush millet, cattail millet, pearl millet, Pennisetum Americanum, Pennisetum glaucum, rye, Secale cereale, millet, wheat, corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays, corn, wild rice, Zizania aquatica.
cereal (noun) grain (noun)
a breakfast food prepared from grain the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet the smallest possible unit of anything
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
a cereal grass
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
cereal (adjective) grain (adjective)
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
cereal (verb) grain (verb)
form into grains
become granular
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
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