bottom vs merchant ship

bottom and merchant ship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bottom	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
merchant ship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bottom and merchant ship are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of bottom include freighter, merchantman.

bottom (noun)	merchant ship (noun)
a cargo ship	a cargo ship
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
the lower side of anything
the lowest part of anything
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
low-lying alluvial land near a river
the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

bottom (adjective)	merchant ship (adjective)
situated at the bottom or lowest position
the lowest rank

bottom (verb)	merchant ship (verb)
come to understand
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
provide with a bottom or a seat