securities firm vs factor

securities firm and factor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
securities firm	Yes	No	No	No
factor	Yes	No	Yes	No

securities firm (noun)	factor (noun)
a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller	(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
	an abstract part of something
	an independent variable in statistics
	anything that contributes causally to a result
	a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
	one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
	any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

securities firm (verb)	factor (verb)
	resolve into factors
	consider as relevant when making a decision
	be a contributing factor