progress vs approach

progress and approach both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
progress	Yes	No	Yes	No
approach	Yes	No	Yes	No

progress (noun)	approach (noun)
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)	the act of drawing spatially closer to something
gradual improvement or growth or development	a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
a movement forward	ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
	a way of entering or leaving
	the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
	a close approximation
	a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
	the event of one object coming closer to another
	the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

progress (verb)	approach (verb)
develop in a positive way	make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
form or accumulate steadily	move towards
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense	come near in time
	begin to deal with
	come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character