grain vs corn

grain and corn both are nouns.

grain and corn both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of grain include edible corn, grist, groats, millet, barley, barleycorn, buckwheat, wheat, wheat berry, oat, rice, Indian rice, wild rice, malt.

grain (noun)	corn (noun)
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric	something sentimental or trite
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)	ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
the smallest possible unit of anything	whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses	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
a relatively small granular particle of a substance	(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn	the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
a cereal grass	a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
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

grain (verb)	corn (verb)
form into grains	preserve with large-grained rock salt
become granular	feed (cattle) with corn
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between grain and corn

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