cherry vs red

cherry and red both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cherry	Yes	Yes	No	No
red	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, cherry and red are synonyms defined as:

cherry and red: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Other synonyms of cherry include blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet.

As nouns, red is a hypernym of cherry; that is, red is a word with a broader meaning than cherry:

Other hypernyms of cherry include redness.

cherry (noun)	red (noun)
a red the color of ripe cherries	red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
a red fruit with a single hard stone	emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood	the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

cherry (adjective)	red (adjective)
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies	(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
	of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
	characterized by violence or bloodshed