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seed vs grain

grain vs seed

seed and grain both are nouns.

seed and grain both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
seed Yes No Yes No
grain Yes No Yes No
As nouns, grain is a hyponym of seed; that is, grain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seed:
  • seed: a small hard fruit
  • grain: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Other hyponyms of seed include edible seed, coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry, pip, bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed, Job's tears, oil-rich seed, oilseed, safflower seed, caryopsis, ash-key, coquilla nut, babassu nut, cohune nut, apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory, neem seed, buckeye, conker, horse chestnut, jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean, bean, nut.
seed (noun) grain (noun)
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
anything that provides inspiration for later work the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
one of the outstanding players in a tournament the smallest possible unit of anything
a small hard fruit foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa 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
seed (verb) grain (verb)
inoculate with microorganisms form into grains
remove the seeds from become granular
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain thoroughly work in
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
go to seed; shed seeds
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
bear seeds
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
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