West vs wash

West and wash both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
West	Yes	No	No	No
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No

West (noun)	wash (noun)
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America	any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
United States film actress (1892-1980)	a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)	a thin coat of water-base paint
	the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
	the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
	the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

West (verb)	wash (verb)
	cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
	to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
	remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
	make moist
	wash or flow against
	form by erosion
	wash by removing particles
	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
	separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
	clean with some chemical process
	apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
	move by or as if by water
	be capable of being washed
	admit to testing or proof