cartoons are a from of animation
and here is a definition of a animation:
the technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the movie is shown as a sequence.
"animations as backdrops for live action"
Let me try to simplify it for you since you don’t believe it but probably believe those AI generated top 10 videos
Tik tok is a not very innocent looking app that isn’t innocent and is a type of malaware used by the Chinese government