desert vs resist

desert is a noun but resist is not a noun.

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

desert (noun)	resist (noun)
arid land with little or no vegetation
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

desert (verb)	resist (verb)
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
leave behind	withstand the force of something
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army	refuse to comply
	express opposition through action or words
	elude, especially in a baffling way
	resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ