saint vs Edward the Confessor

saint and Edward the Confessor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
Edward the Confessor	Yes	No	No	No

saint (noun)	Edward the Confessor (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

saint (verb)	Edward the Confessor (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint
hold sacred