afferent vs physiology

afferent and physiology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
afferent	Yes	Yes	No	No
physiology	Yes	No	No	No

afferent (noun)	physiology (noun)
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system	processes and functions of an organism
	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

afferent (adjective)	physiology (adjective)
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS