✔ The examples of pulses include dry beans, chickpeas, cowpeas, and lentils whereas cereals include rice, wheat, sorghum, corn, barley and maize.
✔ Cereals are the grains that are in the grass family - wheat, rye, rice, corn, millet, and many others. There are also pseudograins that are often called grains but are not cereals. These include buckwheat, quinoa, and amaranth.