legislative act vs statute

legislative act and statute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
legislative act	Yes	No	No	No
statute	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, legislative act and statute are synonyms defined as:

legislative act (noun)	statute (noun)
an act passed by a legislative body	an act passed by a legislative body

legislative act (adjective)	statute (adjective)
	enacted by a legislative body