ram home vs punctuate

ram home and punctuate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ram home	No	No	Yes	No
punctuate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, punctuate is a hypernym of ram home; that is, punctuate is a word with a broader meaning than ram home:

ram home: make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
punctuate: to stress, single out as important

Other hypernyms of ram home include accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, stress.

ram home (verb)	punctuate (verb)
make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something	insert punctuation marks into
	interrupt periodically
	to stress, single out as important