Ala. vs Deep South

Ala. and Deep South both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Ala.	Yes	No	No	No
Deep South	Yes	No	No	No

Ala. (noun)	Deep South (noun)
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War	the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery