rice vs cooking

rice and cooking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rice	Yes	No	Yes	No
cooking	Yes	No	No	No

rice (noun)	cooking (noun)
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper

rice (verb)	cooking (verb)
sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice