different between brainless vs grainless

English

From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain +? -less.

brainless (comparative more brainless, superlative most brainless)

(not comparable) Having no brain.
Synonym: anencephalous
(comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
- "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!"

grain +? -less

grainless (not comparable)

Without grain.
grainless silage
Free from grainy texture or appearance.
- 1934, Popular Science (volume 125, number 4, page 78)
  making grainless enlargements
- 1973, Popular Mechanics (volume 139, number 1, January 1973, page 52)
  Highlights start blocking up and shadows turn to featureless black far sooner than on normal films — but the shadows are a very lovely black, because shadow areas of the two new films are clear and grainless.

Salingers, arselings, glariness, resignals, salerings, sangliers, seal rings, signalers

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