gooseberry vs shrub

gooseberry and shrub both are nouns.

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

As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of gooseberry; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than gooseberry:

gooseberry: spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of gooseberry include bush.

gooseberry (noun)	shrub (noun)
currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries