grain vs rice

grain and rice both are nouns.

grain and rice both are verbs.

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

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

grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
rice: grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

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

grain (noun)	rice (noun)
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)	annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
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

grain (verb)	rice (verb)
form into grains	sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
become granular
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between grain and rice

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