Wheat vs Malt - What's the difference?
wheat | malt |
(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.
wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
* 1896 , , A Shropshire Lad , LXII:
(US) Short for "malted milk shake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
As nouns the difference between wheat and malt
is that wheat is any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery while malt is malted grain sprouted grain (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.As an adjective wheat
is wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.As a verb malt is
to convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.wheat
English
(wikipedia wheat) (Triticum)Noun
Adjective
(-)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 wheatSee also
* aleurone * bulgur * dermatitis herpetiformis * einkorn * emmer * farina * flour * frumentaceous * frumenty * leghorn * pani puri * semolina * spelt * tabbouleh * udon * zein *malt
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Noun
(en noun)- Oh many a peer of England brews
- Livelier liquor than the Muse,
- And malt does more than Milton can
- To justify God's ways to man.