colonize vs colony

colonize is not a noun while colony is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colonize	No	No	Yes	No
colony	Yes	No	No	No

colonize (noun)	colony (noun)
	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
	a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
	(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
	a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
	a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

colonize (verb)	colony (verb)
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world