individual vs various

individual is a noun but various is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
individual	Yes	Yes	No	No
various	No	Yes	No	No

individual (noun)	various (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a single organism

individual (adjective)	various (adjective)
being or characteristic of a single thing or person	distinctly dissimilar or unlike
separate and distinct from others of the same kind	considered individually
concerning one person exclusively	of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing	having great diversity or variety