Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol vs writer

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol and writer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol	Yes	No	No	No
writer	Yes	No	No	No

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (noun)	writer (noun)
Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	a person who is able to write and has written something