recording vs erase

recording is a noun but erase is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recording	Yes	No	No	No
erase	No	No	Yes	No

recording (noun)	erase (noun)
the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

recording (verb)	erase (verb)
	remove from memory or existence
	wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
	remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing