Boer War vs Africa

Boer War and Africa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Boer War	Yes	No	No	No
Africa	Yes	No	No	No

Boer War (noun)	Africa (noun)
either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)	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