shekels vs wampum

shekels and wampum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shekels	Yes	No	No	No
wampum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shekels and wampum are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of shekels include boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, simoleons, sugar.

shekels (noun)	wampum (noun)
informal terms for money	small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
	informal terms for money