grain vs rye

grain and rye both are nouns.

grain is a verb but rye is not a verb.

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

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

grain: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
rye: the seed of the cereal grass

Other hyponyms of grain include amaranth, barleycorn, wheat berry, kernel.

grain (noun)	rye (noun)
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric	whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)	hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
the smallest possible unit of anything	the seed of the cereal grass
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)	rye (verb)
form into grains
become granular
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

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