leather vs grain

grain vs leather

leather and grain both are nouns.

leather and grain both are verbs.

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

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

leather: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
grain: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

Other hyponyms of leather include piece of leather, alligator, buckskin, buff, ooze leather, Russia leather, calf, calfskin, whit leather, white leather, chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather, cordovan, cowhide, cowskin, crush, crushed leather, deerskin, doeskin, glove leather, horsehide, kid, kidskin, mocha, morocco, patent leather, pigskin, fleece, sheepskin, shoe leather, suede, suede leather, roan.

leather (noun)	grain (noun)
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning	the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
	the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
	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

leather (verb)	grain (verb)
whip with a leather strap	form into grains
	become granular
	thoroughly work in
	paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between leather and grain

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