Difference between Wheat and Maize

What is the difference between Wheat and Maize?

Wheat as a noun is any of several cereal grains, of the genus triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. while Maize as a noun is corn; a type of grain of the species zea mays

Wheat

Part of speech: noun

Definition: any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (colour) wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Maize

Part of speech: noun

Definition: corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays

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