How is a comma splice different from a run-on?

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Well, according to Wikipedia:
A comma splice is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses. For example:
It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark. 

A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.

However comma splices and run-on sentences are practically the same thing because run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences are all names given to compound sentences that are not punctuated correctly. 

So to answer your question, they aren't that different it's just that a comma splice is when a comma gets dragged into a run-on sentence or put between two independent clauses that don't really work together with just the comma. It's kind of like if you try to use glitter glue on two cement blocks to hold them together. It tries to make it stick together, but doesn't exactly work.

With run-on sentences it can feature comma splices, but all in all they are just sentences with two independent clauses that don't make sense. 

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