berry vs persimmon

persimmon vs berry

berry and persimmon both are nouns.

berry is a verb but persimmon is not a verb.

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

As nouns, persimmon is a hyponym of berry; that is, persimmon 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
persimmon: orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

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, acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, mulberry.

berry (noun)	persimmon (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

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

Difference between berry and persimmon

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