punctuation mark vs colon

colon vs punctuation mark

punctuation mark and colon both are nouns.

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

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

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

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