grain vs wild rice

wild rice vs grain

grain and wild rice both are nouns.

grain is a verb but wild rice is not a verb.

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

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

grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
wild rice: grains of aquatic grass of North America

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

grain (noun)	wild rice (noun)
the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric	grains of aquatic grass of North America
the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)	perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
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)	wild rice (verb)
form into grains
become granular
thoroughly work in
paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between grain and wild rice

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