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quotation mark vs single quote

single quote vs quotation mark

quotation mark and single quote both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
quotation mark Yes No No No
single quote Yes No No No
As nouns, single quote is a hyponym of quotation mark; that is, single quote is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than quotation mark:
  • quotation mark: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
  • single quote: a single quotation mark
Other hyponyms of quotation mark include double quotes, scare quote.
quotation mark (noun) single quote (noun)
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else a single quotation mark
Difference between quotation mark and single quote

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