animated cartoon vs toon

animated cartoon and toon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animated cartoon	Yes	No	No	No
toon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animated cartoon and toon are synonyms defined as:

animated cartoon and toon: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

Other synonyms of animated cartoon include cartoon.

animated cartoon (noun)	toon (noun)
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence	a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence