Corn vs. Millet — What's the Difference?

Corn is a cereal plant that yields large kernels on a cob.

Millet is a group of small-seeded grains widely grown around the world.

Corn is used as a major feed grain for livestock.

Millet is praised for its high nutritional value and gluten-free properties.

Corn can be processed into a variety of products including biofuel.

Millet is adaptable to growing in harsh climates and poor soils.

A cone-shaped and often painful inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body.

Millet is often included in the diet for its beneficial health effects.

The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats

Millets () are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Millets are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa (especially in India, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger), with 97% of millet production in developing countries.

Something banal or sentimental

A cereal grown in warm countries and regions with poor soils, bearing a large crop of small seeds which are chiefly used to make flour.

A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.

Any of various annual grasses with small grains that are harvested for food, livestock feed, and birdseed, especially proso millet.

Any of numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.

The grains of any of these plants.

The grains or kernels of this plant, used as food for humans and livestock or for the extraction of an edible oil or starch. Also called Indian corn, maize.

A demographic group in the Ottoman Empire, defined in terms of religious affiliation and enjoying a degree of legal autonomy.

An ear of this plant.

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

Chiefly British Any of various cereal plants or grains, especially the principal crop cultivated in a particular region, such as wheat in England or oats in Scotland.

(specifically) common millet, in particular Panicum miliaceum.

A single grain of a cereal plant.

(historical) A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

A seed or fruit of various other plants, such as a peppercorn.

The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.

Corn snow.

Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

(Informal) Corn whiskey.

French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)

(Slang) Something considered trite, dated, melodramatic, or unduly sentimental.

Small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica

A horny thickening of the skin, usually on or near a toe, resulting from pressure or friction. Also called clavus.

Millet can be used as both human food and bird seed.

To cause to form hard particles; granulate.

To season and preserve with granulated salt.

To preserve (beef, for example) in brine.

To feed (animals) with corn or grain.

To form hard particles; become grainy

Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.

Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.

A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.

A small, hard particle.

(uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms

Money.

A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

(countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.

(countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.

Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

To granulate; to form a substance into grains

To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef

To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed

To render intoxicated

To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.

A tall cereal plant (Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; - also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.

The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

A small, hard particle; a grain.

To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses.

To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one.

Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

Ears of corn grown for human food

A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

Something sentimental or trite;

Feed (cattle) with corn

Preserve with salt;

Corn serves as a staple food for many cultures.

Corn syrup is a common sweetener in the food industry.

Yes, corn is a major component of animal feed.

Millet requires less water and can grow in poorer soils, making it environmentally friendly.

Corn is high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, but also rich in carbohydrates.

Corn is a large-kernel grain from the plant Zea mays.

Yes, millet is considered a health food due to its high nutrient content.

Yes, corn is naturally gluten-free.

Yes, millet is gluten-free and safe for those with celiac disease.

Corn has a high fiber content, which can be difficult for some people to digest.

Corn is used for food products, livestock feed, and industrial applications like ethanol.

Corn is commonly grown in the Americas, particularly in the United States.

Millet is a term for various small-seeded grains from different genera in the grass family.

Yes, millet is grown in the USA, though it's less common than corn.

Yes, millet can be popped, but the grains are much smaller than popped corn.

Millet is far more drought-tolerant than corn, requiring significantly less water to grow.

Millet can be cooked similarly to rice or quinoa, by boiling in water.