harpist vs harp

harpist and harp both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
harpist	Yes	No	No	No
harp	Yes	No	Yes	No

harpist (noun)	harp (noun)
someone who plays the harp	a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
	a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
	a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

harpist (verb)	harp (verb)
	come back to
	play the harp