comic strip vs cartoon

comic strip and cartoon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cartoon is a hypernym of comic strip; that is, cartoon is a word with a broader meaning than comic strip:

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

Other hypernyms of comic strip include sketch.

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

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