topicalize vs punctuate

topicalize and punctuate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
topicalize	No	No	Yes	No
punctuate	No	No	Yes	No

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

topicalize: emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
punctuate: to stress, single out as important

Other hypernyms of topicalize include accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, stress.

topicalize (verb)	punctuate (verb)
emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence	insert punctuation marks into
	interrupt periodically
	to stress, single out as important