columnist vs column

columnist and column both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
columnist	Yes	No	No	No
column	Yes	No	No	No

columnist (noun)	column (noun)
a journalist who writes editorials	(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
	a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
	a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
	any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
	an article giving opinions or perspectives
	a page or text that is vertically divided
	a line of units following one after another
	a vertical array of numbers or other information
	anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower