typist vs type

typist and type both are nouns.

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

typist (noun)	type (noun)
someone paid to operate a typewriter	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)

typist (verb)	type (verb)
	identify as belonging to a certain type
	write by means of a keyboard with types