maize vs cereal

cereal vs maize

maize and cereal both are nouns.

maize is not an adjective while cereal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maize	Yes	No	No	No
cereal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, cereal is a hypernym of maize; that is, cereal is a word with a broader meaning than maize:

maize: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
cereal: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet

Other hypernyms of maize include cereal grass.

maize (noun)	cereal (noun)
a strong yellow color	a breakfast food prepared from grain
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
	grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet

maize (adjective)	cereal (adjective)
	made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it

Difference between maize and cereal

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