berry vs checkerberry

checkerberry vs berry

berry and checkerberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but checkerberry is not a verb.

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

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

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, boxberry, 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)	checkerberry (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 shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil

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

Difference between berry and checkerberry

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