cardinal vs five

cardinal and five both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cardinal	Yes	Yes	No	No
five	Yes	Yes	No	No

cardinal (noun)	five (noun)
crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male	a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
a variable color averaging a vivid red	a team that plays basketball
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes	the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

cardinal (adjective)	five (adjective)
being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order	being one more than four
serving as an essential component