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What is the difference between cereal and wheat?

cereal | wheat |

In countable terms the difference between cereal and wheat

is that cereal is a particular type of breakfast cereal while wheat is any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

In uncountable terms the difference between cereal and wheat

is that cereal is breakfast cereal while wheat is a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

As a proper noun Cereal

is a village in Alberta, Canada.

As an adjective wheat is

wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

cereal

English

(wikipedia cereal)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  • (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  • (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
  • Would you like some cereal ?
  • (countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.
  • Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

    Hyponyms

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    Derived terms

    * cereal bar * cereal dust * cereal killer * pseudocereal

    Anagrams

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    wheat

    English

    (wikipedia wheat) (Triticum)

    Noun

  • (countable) any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum , that yields flour as used in bakery.
  • (uncountable) a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
  • Derived terms

    * buckwheat * cracked wheat * durum wheat * hard wheat * Marquis wheat * separate the wheat from the chaff * shredded wheat * soft wheat * starch wheat * wheat belt * wheat bread * wheat flour * wheat germ * wheat rust * wheatear * wheaten * wheaten terrier * wheatgrass * wheatland * wheatmeal * wheatworm * whole-wheat * winter wheat

    See also

    * aleurone * bulgur * dermatitis herpetiformis * einkorn * emmer * farina * flour * frumentaceous * frumenty * leghorn * pani puri * semolina * spelt * tabbouleh * udon * zein *