semiliterate vs illiterate

semiliterate is not a noun while illiterate is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
semiliterate	No	Yes	No	No
illiterate	Yes	Yes	No	No

semiliterate (noun)	illiterate (noun)
	a person unable to read

semiliterate (adjective)	illiterate (adjective)
literate but poorly informed	not able to read or write
barely able to read and write	lacking culture, especially in language and literature
able to read but not to write	uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field