excavation vs wash

excavation and wash both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excavation	Yes	No	No	No
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No

excavation (noun)	wash (noun)
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth	any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
the act of digging	the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
a hole in the ground made by excavating	garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
the site of an archeological exploration	a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
	a thin coat of water-base paint
	the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
	the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
	the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

excavation (verb)	wash (verb)
	cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
	to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
	remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
	make moist
	wash or flow against
	form by erosion
	wash by removing particles
	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
	separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
	clean with some chemical process
	apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
	move by or as if by water
	be capable of being washed
	admit to testing or proof