buckthorn vs bearberry

bearberry vs buckthorn

buckthorn and bearberry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckthorn	Yes	No	No	No
bearberry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bearberry is a hyponym of buckthorn; that is, bearberry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buckthorn:

buckthorn: a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
bearberry: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

Other hyponyms of buckthorn include bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus, Carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus, California buckthorn, California coffee, coffeeberry, Rhamnus californicus, alder buckthorn, alder dogwood, Rhamnus frangula, red-berry, redberry, Rhamnus croceus.

buckthorn (noun)	bearberry (noun)
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia	chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments	deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions	shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

Difference between buckthorn and bearberry

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