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Barley vs Maize - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between barley and maize

is that barley is a cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks while maize is corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

barley

English

(wikipedia barley) (Hordeum vulgare)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare , or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

    • Derived terms

    * barley-bird * barley-bree * barley-broth * barley-hood * barleymow * barley sugar * barley water * barley-wine * four-rowed barley * pearl barley * sea barley * sprat-barley

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    maize

    English

    (wikipedia maize) (Zea mays)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays .
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    • A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize'. For it was ' maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000 B.C.

    Synonyms

    * (Zea mays) corn (US English, Canadian English); green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn (-)

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