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food grain vs barleycorn

barleycorn vs food grain

food grain and barleycorn both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
food grain Yes No No No
barleycorn Yes No No No
As nouns, barleycorn is a hyponym of food grain; that is, barleycorn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than food grain:
  • food grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
  • barleycorn: a grain of barley
Other hyponyms of food grain include corn, edible corn, grist, groats, millet, barley, buckwheat, wheat, wheat berry, oat, rice, Indian rice, wild rice, malt.
food grain (noun) barleycorn (noun)
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a grain of barley
a grain of barley
Difference between food grain and barleycorn

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