act of terrorism vs dirty war

act of terrorism and dirty war both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
act of terrorism	Yes	No	No	No
dirty war	Yes	No	No	No

act of terrorism (noun)	dirty war (noun)
the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear	an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims