wheat vs durum

wheat and durum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wheat	Yes	No	No	No
durum	Yes	No	No	No

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

wheat: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
durum: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America

Other hyponyms of wheat include durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, soft wheat, common wheat, Triticum aestivum, spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta, emmer, starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, wild emmer, wild wheat.

wheat (noun)	durum (noun)
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white	wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

Difference between wheat and durum

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