colony vs colonize

colony is a noun but colonize is not a noun.

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

colony (noun)	colonize (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

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