wash vs excavation

wash and excavation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No
excavation	Yes	No	No	No

wash (noun)	excavation (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out	the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	the act of digging
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering	a hole in the ground made by excavating
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other	the site of an archeological exploration
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

wash (verb)	excavation (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof