genetics vs meiosis

genetics and meiosis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genetics	Yes	No	No	No
meiosis	Yes	No	No	No

genetics (noun)	meiosis (noun)
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms	understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)