saint vs St. Basil

saint and St. Basil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
St. Basil	Yes	No	No	No

saint (noun)	St. Basil (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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)	St. Basil (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint
hold sacred