Stalk vs. Grain — What's the Difference?

A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.

A grain is a small, hard, dry seed - with or without an attached hull or fruit layer - harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant.

A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.

Wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.

A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.

A single fruit or seed of a cereal

To pursue or track (prey) stealthily

The smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 0.0648 gram).

To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

The longitudinal arrangement or pattern of fibres in wood, paper, etc.

To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.

A person's character or natural tendency.

To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait

Kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these.

To move threateningly or menacingly.

Give a rough surface or texture to

To track prey or quarry.

Paint (especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble.

The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.

Remove hair from (a hide).

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

Feed (a horse) on grain.

Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united

(architectural element) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having been harvested, considered as a group

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

A cereal grass

(zoology)

Cereal grasses considered as a group

A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

A relatively small discrete particulate or crystalline mass

The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

A small amount or the smallest amount possible

The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

(Aerospace) A mass of solid propellant.

(metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Abbr. gr. A unit of weight in the US Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 0.002285 ounce (0.065 gram).

A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

The markings, pattern, or texture of the fibrous tissue in wood

The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

The direction of such markings

A haughty style of walking.

The side of a hide or piece of leather from which the hair or fur has been removed.

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

The pattern or markings on this side of leather.

(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.^Wp

The pattern produced, as in stone, by the arrangement of particulate constituents.

(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

The relative size of the particles composing a substance or pattern

(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

A painted, stamped, or printed design that imitates the pattern found in wood, leather, or stone.

(intransitive) To walk haughtily.

The direction or texture of fibers in a woven fabric.

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

A state of fine crystallization.

That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

Basic temperament or nature; disposition

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

An essential quality or characteristic

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

(Archaic) Color; tint.

A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

To cause to form into grains; granulate.

An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

To paint, stamp, or print with a design imitating the grain of wood, leather, or stone.

A high, proud, stately step or walk.

To give a granular or rough texture to.

The act or process of stalking.

To remove the hair or fur from (hides) in preparation for tanning.

To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; - sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

To form grains

To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

To walk with high and proud steps; - usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.

(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may stalk their favorite movie stars.

The crops from which grain is harvested.

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

(countable) A single particle of a substance.

A hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

(countable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including

The act of following prey stealthily

The English grain of 5760 troy pound or 7000 pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.

A stiff or threatening gait

The metric, carat, or pearl grain of 4 carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.

Walk stiffly

(historical) The French grain of 9216 livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.

Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;

Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.

Go through (an area) in search of prey;

The carat grain of 4 carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.

(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

(rocketry) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

(in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

(botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

A tine, prong, or fork.

One of the branches of a valley or river.

An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

(founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.

To feed grain to.

(transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.

(intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

(tanning) To soften leather.

To yield fruit.

See Groan.

To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

To yield fruit.

To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; - used collectively.

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

The unit of the English system of weights; - so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

A tine, prong, or fork.

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

A small hard particle;

Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

The direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

Thoroughly work in;

Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Form into grains

Become granular