tense vs wound up

tense is a noun but wound up is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tense	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
wound up	No	Yes	No	No

tense (noun)	wound up (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

tense (adjective)	wound up (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight	brought to a state of great tension
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

tense (verb)	wound up (verb)
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
increase the tension on
become stretched or tense or taut