berry vs wintergreen

wintergreen vs berry

berry and wintergreen both are nouns.

berry is a verb but wintergreen is not a verb.

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

As nouns, wintergreen is a hyponym of berry; that is, wintergreen 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
wintergreen: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

Other hyponyms of berry include bilberry, European blueberry, whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, 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)	wintergreen (noun)
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves	spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)	any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
	creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil

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

Difference between berry and wintergreen

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