corn vs food grain

food grain vs corn

corn and food grain both are nouns.

corn is a verb but food grain is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corn	Yes	No	Yes	No
food grain	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, food grain is a hypernym of corn; that is, food grain is a word with a broader meaning than corn:

corn: ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
food grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Other hypernyms of corn include cereal, grain.

corn (noun)	food grain (noun)
something sentimental or trite	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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

corn (verb)	food grain (verb)
preserve with large-grained rock salt
feed (cattle) with corn

Difference between corn and food grain

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