punctuation vs colon

colon vs punctuation

punctuation and colon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
punctuation	Yes	No	No	No
colon	Yes	No	No	No

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

punctuation: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
colon: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

Other hyponyms of punctuation include ampersand, apostrophe, brace, bracket, square bracket, angle bracket, bracket, comma, exclamation mark, exclamation point, dash, hyphen, parenthesis, full point, full stop, period, point, stop, interrogation point, question mark, inverted comma, quotation mark, quote, semicolon, diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule, swung dash.

punctuation (noun)	colon (noun)
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases	the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases	a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions	the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
	the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

Difference between punctuation and colon

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