basketball vs hack

basketball and hack both are nouns.

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

basketball (noun)	hack (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 horse kept for hire
an inflated ball used in playing basketball	an old or over-worked horse
	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

basketball (verb)	hack (verb)
	cough spasmodically
	significantly cut up a manuscript
	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully