salient vs military machine

salient and military machine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salient	Yes	Yes	No	No
military machine	Yes	No	No	No

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

salient (adjective)	military machine (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)