cereal vs grist

cereal

noun
  • The grains of such a grass. 

  • A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. 

  • Breakfast cereal. 

grist

noun
  • Grain that is to be ground in a mill. 

  • A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. 

verb
  • To grind in a mill. 

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