different between punctuation vs punctuational

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctu?ti? (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctu? (“to mark with points, settle”); see punctuate.Morphologically punctuate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??k.t?u?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

punctuation (countable and uncountable, plural punctuations)

1. A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences.
2. An act of punctuating.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:punctuation mark

Derived terms

• punctuation mark

Related terms

• point
• punctilious
• punctuate
• punctual
• punctuality

Punctuation

Translations

Further reading

• punctuation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• punctuation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From punctuation +? -al.

Adjective

punctuational (comparative more punctuational, superlative most punctuational)

1. Pertaining to punctuation. [from 19th c.]
2. (biology) Pertaining to punctuationism; taking place very rapidly, especially within a single generation or in a series of rapid steps. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 156:

     So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?