Is and a verb or a noun?

No, the Word 'and' is a conjunction, a Word used to join a Word or a group of Words with another.

Examples:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating of curds andwhey;

Along came a spider who sat down beside her andfrightened Miss Muffet away.

A noun is a Word for a person, a place, or a thing. The nouns in the examples are:

• Little Miss Muffet
• tuffet
• curds
• whey
• spider
• Miss Muffet

A verb is a Word for an action or a state of being. The verbs in the examples are:

• sat
• eating
• came
• sat
• frightened