ballplayer vs baseball

ballplayer and baseball both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ballplayer	Yes	No	No	No
baseball	Yes	No	No	No

ballplayer (noun)	baseball (noun)
an athlete who plays baseball	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
	a ball used in playing baseball