British Empire vs British West Indies

British Empire and British West Indies both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
British Empire	Yes	No	No	No
British West Indies	Yes	No	No	No

British Empire (noun)	British West Indies (noun)
a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana, British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand	the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad