inflation vs inflationary

inflation is a noun but inflationary is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inflation	Yes	No	No	No
inflationary	No	Yes	No	No

inflation (noun)	inflationary (noun)
the act of filling something with air
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
a general and progressive increase in prices

inflation (adjective)	inflationary (adjective)
	associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation