berry vs acerola

acerola vs berry

berry and acerola both are nouns.

berry is a verb but acerola is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
berry	Yes	No	Yes	No
acerola	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acerola is a hyponym of berry; that is, acerola is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than berry:

berry: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
acerola: acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen, cranberry, cowberry, lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, currant, blackberry, boysenberry, dewberry, loganberry, raspberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, strawberry, hackberry, sugarberry, persimmon, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, mulberry.

berry (noun)	acerola (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries

berry (verb)	acerola (verb)
pick or gather berries

Difference between berry and acerola

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