modern vs modernism

modern and modernism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modern	Yes	Yes	No	No
modernism	Yes	No	No	No

modern (noun)	modernism (noun)
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes	practices typical of contemporary life or thought
a contemporary person	genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
	the quality of being current or of the present

modern (adjective)	modernism (adjective)
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
relating to a recently developed fashion or style
characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
ahead of the times