down vs American football

American football vs down

down and American football both are nouns.

down is an adjective but American football is not an adjective.

down is a verb but American football is not a verb.

down is an adverb but American football is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
American football	Yes	No	No	No

down (noun)	American football (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football	a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

down (adjective)	American football (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly

down (verb)	American football (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
drink down entirely
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down

down (adverb)	American football (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time

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