narration vs narrate

narration is a noun but narrate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
narration	Yes	No	No	No
narrate	No	No	Yes	No

narration (noun)	narrate (noun)
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

narration (verb)	narrate (verb)
	narrate or give a detailed account of
	provide commentary for a film, for example