Connecticut vs the States

Connecticut and the States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Connecticut	Yes	No	No	No
the States	Yes	No	No	No

Connecticut (noun)	the States (noun)
a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Hartford or Hartford and New Haven
a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound