currant vs gooseberry

currant and gooseberry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
currant	Yes	No	No	No
gooseberry	Yes	No	No	No

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

currant: any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
gooseberry: currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies

Other hyponyms of currant include black currant, red currant, white currant.

currant (noun)	gooseberry (noun)
any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams	currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking	spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants