fact vs item

fact and item both are nouns.

fact is not an adverb while item is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fact	Yes	No	No	No
item	Yes	No	No	Yes

As nouns, item is a hyponym of fact; that is, item is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fact:

fact: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
item: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

Other hyponyms of fact include case, detail, point, particular, specific, general, matter of fact, observation, reason, score, truth.

fact (noun)	item (noun)
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred	a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
a concept whose truth can be proved	an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened	a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
an event known to have happened or something known to have existed	an individual instance of a type of symbol
	a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

fact (adverb)	item (adverb)
	(used when listing or enumerating items) also

Difference between fact and item

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