acceleration vs accelerate

acceleration is a noun but accelerate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acceleration	Yes	No	No	No
accelerate	No	No	Yes	No

acceleration (noun)	accelerate (noun)
the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
an increase in rate of change
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity

acceleration (verb)	accelerate (verb)
	move faster
	cause to move faster