military machine vs salient

military machine and salient both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
military machine	Yes	No	No	No
salient	Yes	Yes	No	No

military machine (noun)	salient (noun)
the military forces of a nation	(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

military machine (adjective)	salient (adjective)
	(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
	having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
	represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)