ordinal vs thirty-eighth

ordinal is a noun but thirty-eighth is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ordinal	Yes	Yes	No	No
thirty-eighth	No	Yes	No	No

ordinal (noun)	thirty-eighth (noun)
the number designating place in an ordered sequence

ordinal (adjective)	thirty-eighth (adjective)
being or denoting a numerical order in a series	the ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order
of or relating to a taxonomic order