what's the differnce between a berry and a currant? anybody?

Answer 1

There are two kinds of currants; one is actually related to grapes, and the other is a kind of berry:

currant |ˈkərənt; ˈkə-rənt| noun
1 a small dried fruit made from a seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region, now widely produced in California, and much used in cooking : [as adj. ] a currant bun.
2 a Eurasian shrub that produces small edible black, red, or white berries.
• Genus Ribes, family Grossulariaceae: numerous species, including black currant and red currant.
• a berry from such a shrub.
ORIGIN Middle English raisons of Corauntz, translating Anglo-Norman French raisins de Corauntz ‘grapes of Corinth ’ (the original source).

berry |ˈberē| noun ( pl. -ries) a small roundish juicy fruit without a stone : juniper berries | [as adj. ] berry clusters.
• Botany any fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp, for example, a banana or tomato.
• any of various kernels or seeds, such as the coffee bean.
• a fish egg or the roe of a lobster or similar creature. ORIGIN

Old English berie, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bes and German Beere.

Answer 2

A berry is in the group of strawberries grapes blueberries raspberries blackberries an cherries where as the currant is in the group of sultanas raisins and dates

Answer 3

One is a synonym for extreme and the other means present tense.