metropolis vs Independence

metropolis and Independence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metropolis	Yes	No	No	No
Independence	Yes	No	No	No

metropolis (noun)	Independence (noun)
people living in a large densely populated municipality	a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts