Difference between Lingonberry and Cranberry

What is the difference between Lingonberry and Cranberry?

Lingonberry as a noun is a shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere. while Cranberry as a noun is a shrub belonging to the vaccinium family, vaccinium oxycoccus, with a number of subspecies.

Lingonberry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere. The berry of that shrub.

Cranberry

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shrub belonging to the Vaccinium family, Vaccinium oxycoccus, with a number of subspecies.The red berry of that shrub.

We hope you now know whether to use Lingonberry or Cranberry in your sentence.

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