type vs typify

type is a noun but typify is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
type	Yes	No	Yes	No
typify	No	No	Yes	No

type (noun)	typify (noun)
a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
all of the tokens of the same symbol
printed characters
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

type (verb)	typify (verb)
identify as belonging to a certain type	express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
write by means of a keyboard with types	embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of