cartoon vs funnies

cartoon and funnies both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cartoon	Yes	No	Yes	No
funnies	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

cartoon (noun)	funnies (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)	funnies (verb)
draw cartoons of