dwell vs people

dwell is not a noun while people is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dwell	No	No	Yes	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, people is a hyponym of dwell; that is, people is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dwell:

dwell (noun)	people (noun)
	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

dwell (verb)	people (verb)
think moodily or anxiously about something	fill with people
come back to	furnish with people
be an inhabitant of or reside in
originate (in)
exist or be situated within