croquet vs croquet equipment

croquet and croquet equipment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
croquet	Yes	No	Yes	No
croquet equipment	Yes	No	No	No

croquet (noun)	croquet equipment (noun)
a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg	sports equipment used in playing croquet

croquet (verb)	croquet equipment (verb)
play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
drive away by hitting with one's ball