Athens vs town

Athens and town both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Athens	Yes	No	No	No
town	Yes	No	No	No

Athens (noun)	town (noun)
the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)	the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
a university town in northeast Georgia	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
a town in southeast Ohio	an administrative division of a county