author vs Gorky

author and Gorky both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
author	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gorky	Yes	No	No	No

author (noun)	Gorky (noun)
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)	an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
someone who originates or causes or initiates something	Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts

author (verb)	Gorky (verb)
be the author of