punctuation vs hyphen

hyphen vs punctuation

punctuation and hyphen both are nouns.

punctuation is not a verb while hyphen is a verb.

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

As nouns, hyphen is a hyponym of punctuation; that is, hyphen 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
hyphen: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

Other hyponyms of punctuation include ampersand, apostrophe, brace, bracket, square bracket, angle bracket, bracket, colon, comma, exclamation mark, exclamation point, dash, 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)	hyphen (noun)
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases	a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

punctuation (verb)	hyphen (verb)
	divide or connect with a hyphen

Difference between punctuation and hyphen

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