berry vs huckleberry

huckleberry vs berry

berry and huckleberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but huckleberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, huckleberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, huckleberry 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
huckleberry: blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, blueberry, boxberry, checkerberry, 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)	huckleberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
	any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries

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

Difference between berry and huckleberry

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