cooking vs precook

cooking is a noun but precook is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cooking	Yes	No	No	No
precook	No	No	Yes	No

cooking (noun)	precook (noun)
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

cooking (verb)	precook (verb)
	cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long