period vs punctuation mark

punctuation mark vs period

period and punctuation mark both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
period	Yes	No	No	No
punctuation mark	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, punctuation mark is a hypernym of period; that is, punctuation mark is a word with a broader meaning than period:

period: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
punctuation mark: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

Other hypernyms of period include punctuation.

period (noun)	punctuation mark (noun)
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations	the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
an amount of time
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
the end or completion of something
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

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