Millet vs. Ottoman — What's the Difference?

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.

A Turk, especially a member of the family or tribe of Osman I.

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.

An upholstered sofa or divan without arms or a back.

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

An upholstered low seat or cushioned footstool.

The grains of any of these plants.

A heavy silk or rayon fabric with a corded texture, usually used for coats and trimmings.

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

Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people, language, or culture.

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

Turkish.

(specifically) common millet, in particular Panicum miliaceum.

(furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.

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

(furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

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.

(textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

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

Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)

A Turk.

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

A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)

The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I

Thick cushion used as a seat

A low stool to rest the feet of a seated person

Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture