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Grist vs Wheat - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between grist and wheat

is that grist is grain that is to be ground in a mill while wheat is any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

As an adjective wheat is

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

grist

English

Noun

(-)
  • Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
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  • (obsolete) A group of bees.
  • (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.
  • (Jonathan Swift)
  • (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
  • (Knight)

    Derived terms

    * grist mill / gristmill * it's all grist to the mill

    Anagrams

    * * English collective nouns ----

    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 *