baseball vs runner

baseball and runner both are nouns.

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

baseball (noun)	runner (noun)
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs	fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
a ball used in playing baseball	device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
	a long narrow carpet
	a trained athlete who competes in foot races
	someone who imports or exports without paying duties
	a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
	someone who travels on foot by running
	a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips