Rand vs author

Rand and author both are nouns.

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

Rand (noun)	author (noun)
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)	someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Rand (verb)	author (verb)
	be the author of