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Noun comment has 3 senses

remark, comment - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
--₁ is a kind of statement
--₁ has particulars:

ad-lib; courtesy; gambit, ploy; obiter dictum, passing comment; mention, reference; observation, reflection, reflexion; rib; wisecrack, crack, sally, quip; shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe; conversation stopper, stopper; platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide; zinger

Derived forms: verb commentate₂, verb comment₁

comment, commentary - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
--₂ is a kind of statement
--₂ has particulars: note, annotation, notation
Derived forms: verb commentate₁, verb comment₂, verb comment₃
gossip, comment, scuttlebutt - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
--₃ is a kind of report, account
--₃ has particulars:
earful; rumor, rumour, hearsay; grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth; scandal, dirt, malicious gossip; talk, talk of the town

Verb comment has 3 senses

comment, notice, remark, point out - make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
--₁ is one way to note, observe, mention, remark

Derived forms: noun commentary₁, noun comment₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
comment - explain or interpret something
--₂ is one way to explain, explicate

Derived form: noun comment₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
gloss, comment, annotate - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
--₃ is one way to interpret

Derived form: noun comment₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something