raspberry vs thimbleberry

thimbleberry vs raspberry

raspberry and thimbleberry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
raspberry	Yes	No	No	No
thimbleberry	Yes	No	No	No

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

raspberry: woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
thimbleberry: raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

Other hyponyms of raspberry include red raspberry, black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, Rubus spectabilis, salmonberry, Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry, flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus, Rubus phoenicolasius, wineberry.

raspberry (noun)	thimbleberry (noun)
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt	raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries	white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries	shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit

Difference between raspberry and thimbleberry

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