basketball vs dunk

basketball and dunk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
basketball	Yes	No	No	No
dunk	Yes	No	Yes	No

basketball (noun)	dunk (noun)
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop	a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
an inflated ball used in playing basketball

basketball (verb)	dunk (verb)
	dip into a liquid while eating
	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
	make a dunk shot, in basketball