merchant ship vs bottom

merchant ship and bottom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
merchant ship	Yes	No	No	No
bottom	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, merchant ship and bottom are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of merchant ship include freighter, merchantman.

merchant ship (noun)	bottom (noun)
a cargo ship	a cargo ship
	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
	the lower side of anything
	the lowest part of anything
	a depression forming the ground under a body of water
	low-lying alluvial land near a river
	the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

merchant ship (adjective)	bottom (adjective)
	situated at the bottom or lowest position
	the lowest rank

merchant ship (verb)	bottom (verb)
	come to understand
	strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
	provide with a bottom or a seat