Difference between Whole-wheat and Grain

What is the difference between Whole-wheat and Grain?

Whole-wheat as an adjective is made from all the constituents of the wheat grain while Grain as a verb is to feed grain to.

Whole-wheat

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: made from all the constituents of the wheat grain made from whole-wheat flour

Grain

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To feed grain to.To make granular; to form into grains.To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.To remove the hair or fat from a skin.To soften leather.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.A single seed of grain.The crops from which grain is harvested.A linear texture of a material or surface.A single particle of a substance.A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

Example sentence: I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers.

We hope you now know whether to use Whole-wheat or Grain in your sentence.

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