Africa vs Gabonese Republic

Africa and Gabonese Republic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Africa	Yes	No	No	No
Gabonese Republic	Yes	No	No	No

Africa (noun)	Gabonese Republic (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 on the west coast of Africa