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malt vs cereal

cereal vs malt

malt and cereal both are nouns.

malt is not an adjective while cereal is an adjective.

malt is a verb but cereal is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
malt Yes No Yes No
cereal Yes Yes No No
As nouns, cereal is a hypernym of malt; that is, cereal is a word with a broader meaning than malt:
  • malt: a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
  • cereal: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Other hypernyms of malt include food grain, grain.
malt (noun) cereal (noun)
a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling a breakfast food prepared from grain
a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
a milkshake made with malt powder grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
malt (adjective) cereal (adjective)
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
malt (verb) cereal (verb)
convert into malt
turn into malt, become malt
convert grain into malt
treat with malt or malt extract
Difference between malt and cereal

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