saint vs John the Baptist

saint and John the Baptist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
John the Baptist	Yes	No	No	No

saint (noun)	John the Baptist (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	(New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
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)	John the Baptist (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint
hold sacred