law vs probate

law and probate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
law	Yes	No	No	No
probate	Yes	No	Yes	No

law (noun)	probate (noun)
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system	the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society	a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
the collection of rules imposed by authority
the force of policemen and officers

law (verb)	probate (verb)
	establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
	put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence