cereal grass vs corn

corn vs cereal grass

cereal grass and corn both are nouns.

cereal grass is not a verb while corn is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cereal grass	Yes	No	No	No
corn	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, corn is a hyponym of cereal grass; that is, corn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cereal grass:

cereal grass: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
corn: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

Other hyponyms of cereal grass include oat, barley, rice, rice grass, ricegrass, bulrush millet, cattail millet, pearl millet, Pennisetum Americanum, Pennisetum glaucum, rye, Secale cereale, millet, grain, wheat, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays, wild rice, Zizania aquatica.

cereal grass (noun)	corn (noun)
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet	something sentimental or trite
	ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
	whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
	tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
	(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
	the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
	a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

cereal grass (verb)	corn (verb)
	preserve with large-grained rock salt
	feed (cattle) with corn

Difference between cereal grass and corn

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