punctuation mark vs quote

quote vs punctuation mark

punctuation mark and quote both are nouns.

punctuation mark is not a verb while quote is a verb.

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

As nouns, quote is a hyponym of punctuation mark; that is, quote 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
quote: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Other hyponyms of punctuation mark 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, interrogation point, question mark, inverted comma, quotation mark, semicolon, diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule, swung dash.

punctuation mark (noun)	quote (noun)
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases	a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
	a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

punctuation mark (verb)	quote (verb)
	repeat a passage from
	refer to for illustration or proof
	put quote marks around
	name the price of

Difference between punctuation mark and quote

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