African nation vs Equatorial Guinea

African nation and Equatorial Guinea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African nation	Yes	No	No	No
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	No	No	No

African nation (noun)	Equatorial Guinea (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968