Africa vs Democratic Republic of the Congo

Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Africa	Yes	No	No	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes	No	No	No

Africa (noun)	Democratic Republic of the Congo (noun)
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean	a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960