progressive vs active

progressive and active both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
progressive	Yes	Yes	No	No
active	Yes	Yes	No	No

progressive (noun)	active (noun)
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties	a person who is a participating member of an organization
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going	the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
	chemical agent capable of activity

progressive (adjective)	active (adjective)
favoring or promoting progress	(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases	characterized by energetic activity
advancing in severity	tending to become more severe or wider in scope
gradually advancing in extent	disposed to take action or effectuate change
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)	(of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position	(of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
	full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
	exerting influence or producing a change or effect
	engaged in full-time work
	expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
	(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
	in operation
	taking part in an activity
	engaged in or ready for military or naval operations