adoption vs adopt

adoption is a noun but adopt is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adoption	Yes	No	No	No
adopt	No	No	Yes	No

adoption (noun)	adopt (noun)
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

adoption (verb)	adopt (verb)
	take into one's family
	take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
	take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
	put into dramatic form
	take up and practice as one's own
	choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
	take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities