statistics vs significant

statistics is a noun but significant is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
statistics	Yes	No	No	No
significant	No	Yes	No	No

statistics (noun)	significant (noun)
a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

statistics (adjective)	significant (adjective)
	important in effect or meaning
	too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
	of considerable importance, size, or worth
	rich in significance or implication