nine vs cardinal

nine and cardinal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nine	Yes	Yes	No	No
cardinal	Yes	Yes	No	No

nine (noun)	cardinal (noun)
one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face	crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together	a variable color averaging a vivid red
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one	(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
	the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

nine (adjective)	cardinal (adjective)
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten	being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
	serving as an essential component