berry vs mulberry

mulberry vs berry

berry and mulberry both are nouns.

berry is a verb but mulberry is not a verb.

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

As nouns, mulberry is a hyponym of berry; that is, mulberry 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
mulberry: sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

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, hackberry, sugarberry, persimmon, acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry.

berry (noun)	mulberry (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

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

Difference between berry and mulberry

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