croquet equipment vs croquet

croquet equipment and croquet both are nouns.

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

croquet equipment (noun)	croquet (noun)
sports equipment used in playing croquet	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

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