chokecherry vs cherry

cherry vs chokecherry

chokecherry and cherry both are nouns.

chokecherry is not an adjective while cherry is an adjective.

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

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

chokecherry: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
cherry: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

Other hypernyms of chokecherry include cherry tree.

chokecherry (noun)	cherry (noun)
a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds	a red the color of ripe cherries
the fruit of the chokecherry tree	a red fruit with a single hard stone
	any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
	wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

chokecherry (adjective)	cherry (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

Difference between chokecherry and cherry

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