rice vs grain

rice and grain both are nouns.

rice and grain both are verbs.

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

As nouns, grain is a hypernym of rice; that is, grain is a word with a broader meaning than rice:

rice: grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
grain: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Other hypernyms of rice include starches, cereal, food grain.

rice (noun)	grain (noun)
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished	the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper	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

rice (verb)	grain (verb)
sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice	form into grains
	become granular
	thoroughly work in
	paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Difference between rice and grain

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