featherbed vs indulge

featherbed is a noun but indulge is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
featherbed	Yes	No	Yes	No
indulge	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, featherbed and indulge are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of featherbed include baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil.

featherbed (noun)	indulge (noun)
a mattress stuffed with feathers

featherbed (verb)	indulge (verb)
hire more workers than are necessary	yield (to); give satisfaction to
treat with excessive indulgence	enjoy to excess
	treat with excessive indulgence
	give free rein to