<p>Well logically the discussion is the whole thread, which is made up of comments.</p>

<p>Now you could use either <code>discussion</code> or <code>comments</code> plural to refer to the group entity, but probably only <code>comment</code> makes sense for the individual elements of the discussion.</p>

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