grain vs wheat

grain and wheat both are nouns.

grain is a verb but wheat is not a verb.

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

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

grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
wheat: grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour

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

grain (noun)	wheat (noun)
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric	a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)	grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
the smallest possible unit of anything	annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
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)	wheat (verb)
form into grains
become granular
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between grain and wheat

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