Sorghum vs. Wheat — What's the Difference?

Made from juice of sweet sorghum

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).

Sorghum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals.

A cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.

A cereal which is native to warm regions of the Old World and is a major source of grain and stockfeed.

Any of various annual cereal grasses of the genus Triticum of the Mediterranean region and southwest Asia, especially T. aestivum, widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important edible grain.

A cultivated grass (Sorghum bicolor) native to sub-Saharan Africa, several varieties of which are widely grown for their grain, as forage, or as a source of syrup.

The grain of any of these grasses, ground to produce flour used in breads, pasta, and other foods.

Syrup made from the juice of this plant.

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

(uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

(Southern US) Sorghum syrup.

Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian).

A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.

Economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

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

Grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour