Whitney vs Eli Whitney

Whitney and Eli Whitney both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Whitney	Yes	No	No	No
Eli Whitney	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Whitney and Eli Whitney are synonyms defined as:

Whitney and Eli Whitney: United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

Whitney (noun)	Eli Whitney (noun)
the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)	United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)