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Grits vs Farina - What's the difference?

grits | farina |

As nouns the difference between grits and farina

is that grits is plural of lang=en ('hulled oats' while farina is a fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

As a verb grits

is third-person singular of grit.

As a proper noun Grits

is the Liberal Party of Canada.

grits

English

Etymology 1

See

Noun

(head)
  • ('hulled oats')
  • (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
    • Usage notes
    * (term) usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.
    Related terms
    * nitty-gritty * gruel * grout
    See also
    * ("grits" on Wikipedia) * cornmeal * polenta

    Etymology 2

    See (grit) (Etymology 1)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (grit)

    • Anagrams

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    farina

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.