alarm vs alarming

alarm is a noun but alarming is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alarm	Yes	No	Yes	No
alarming	No	Yes	No	No

alarm (noun)	alarming (noun)
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
fear resulting from the awareness of danger

alarm (adjective)	alarming (adjective)
	frightening because of an awareness of danger

alarm (verb)	alarming (verb)
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised