berry vs dewberry

dewberry vs berry

berry and dewberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but dewberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, dewberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, dewberry 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
dewberry: blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes

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

berry (noun)	dewberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America

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

Difference between berry and dewberry

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