berry vs boxberry

boxberry vs berry

berry and boxberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but boxberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, boxberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, boxberry 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
boxberry: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, 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, acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, mulberry.

berry (noun)	boxberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

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

Difference between berry and boxberry

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