punctuation vs interrogation point

interrogation point vs punctuation

punctuation and interrogation point both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
punctuation	Yes	No	No	No
interrogation point	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, interrogation point is a hyponym of punctuation; that is, interrogation point 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
interrogation point: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

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

punctuation (noun)	interrogation point (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 (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
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

Difference between punctuation and interrogation point

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