berry vs cowberry

cowberry vs berry

berry and cowberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but cowberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, cowberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, cowberry 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
cowberry: tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen, cranberry, 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)	cowberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

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

Difference between berry and cowberry

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