desert vs deserter

desert and deserter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desert	Yes	No	Yes	No
deserter	Yes	No	No	No

desert (noun)	deserter (noun)
arid land with little or no vegetation	a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment	a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

desert (verb)	deserter (verb)
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
leave behind
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army