cartoon strip vs funnies

cartoon strip and funnies both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cartoon strip and funnies are synonyms defined as:

cartoon strip and funnies: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Other synonyms of cartoon strip include comic strip, strip.

cartoon strip (noun)	funnies (noun)
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book	a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book