Originally Posted By: The Pook


We are the same. Grain refers almost exclusively to the seed of grass-like plants such as wheat, barley, sorghum, etc. We don't use the word 'corn' in that generic sense but only to refer to maize.


If I understood my teachers correctly, the usage in New Zealand is exactly the same, although they seem to use "maize" to refer only to one specific type of "corn", calling the variety grown to be eaten "sweetcorn", and restricting "maize" to the variety groen for making flour or animal feed.