punctuation vs stop

stop vs punctuation

punctuation and stop both are nouns.

punctuation is not a verb while stop is a verb.

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

As nouns, stop is a hyponym of punctuation; that is, stop 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
stop: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

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, interrogation point, question mark, inverted comma, quotation mark, quote, semicolon, diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule, swung dash.

punctuation (noun)	stop (noun)
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases	the act of stopping something
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases	a brief stay in the course of a journey
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions	a restraint that checks the motion of something
	an obstruction in a pipe or tube
	a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
	(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
	the event of something ending
	a spot where something halts or pauses
	the state of inactivity following an interruption

punctuation (verb)	stop (verb)
	prevent completion
	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
	seize on its way
	render unsuitable for passage
	come to a halt, stop moving
	cause to end
	interrupt a trip
	stop from happening or developing
	put an end to a state or an activity
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

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