Hughes vs author

Hughes and author both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hughes	Yes	No	No	No
author	Yes	No	Yes	No

Hughes (noun)	author (noun)
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)	someone who originates or causes or initiates something
United States writer (1902-1967)
English poet (born in 1930)

Hughes (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of