distribution vs distribute

distribution is a noun but distribute is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribution	Yes	No	No	No
distribute	No	No	Yes	No

distribution (noun)	distribute (noun)
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

distribution (verb)	distribute (verb)
	cause to become widely known
	to arrange in a systematic order
	distribute or disperse widely
	cause to be distributed
	administer or bestow, as in small portions
	give to several people
	release
	be mathematically distributive
	be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
	spread throughout a given area