salient vs armed forces

salient and armed forces both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salient	Yes	Yes	No	No
armed forces	Yes	No	No	No

salient (noun)	armed forces (noun)
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy	the military forces of a nation

salient (adjective)	armed forces (adjective)
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)