cartoon vs comic strip

cartoon and comic strip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cartoon	Yes	No	Yes	No
comic strip	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comic strip is a hyponym of cartoon; that is, comic strip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cartoon:

cartoon: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
comic strip: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Other hyponyms of cartoon include anime, cartoon strip, funnies, strip.

cartoon (noun)	comic strip (noun)
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine	a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence

cartoon (verb)	comic strip (verb)
draw cartoons of