berry vs boysenberry

boysenberry vs berry

berry and boysenberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but boysenberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, boysenberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, boysenberry 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
boysenberry: large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

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, dewberry, loganberry, raspberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, strawberry, hackberry, sugarberry, persimmon, acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, mulberry.

berry (noun)	boysenberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries

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

Difference between berry and boysenberry

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