gossamer vs delicate

gossamer is a noun but delicate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gossamer	Yes	Yes	No	No
delicate	No	Yes	No	No

gossamer (noun)	delicate (noun)
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

gossamer (adjective)	delicate (adjective)
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy	exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
so thin as to transmit light	easily broken or damaged or destroyed
	difficult to handle; requiring great tact
	developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
	of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
	marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
	easily hurt