berry vs hackberry

hackberry vs berry

berry and hackberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but hackberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, hackberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, hackberry 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
hackberry: small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States

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

berry (noun)	hackberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

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

Difference between berry and hackberry

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