stand for vs brook

stand for is not a noun while brook is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stand for	No	No	Yes	No
brook	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, brook is a hypernym of stand for; that is, brook is a word with a broader meaning than stand for:

Other hypernyms of stand for include abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.

stand for (noun)	brook (noun)
	a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

stand for (verb)	brook (verb)
tolerate or bear	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
denote or connote
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to