punctuation vs comma

comma vs punctuation

punctuation and comma both are nouns.

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

As nouns, comma is a hyponym of punctuation; that is, comma 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
comma: a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

Other hyponyms of punctuation include ampersand, apostrophe, brace, bracket, square bracket, angle bracket, bracket, colon, 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)	comma (noun)
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases	anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases	a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

Difference between punctuation and comma

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