Dixie vs Confederate States

Dixie and Confederate States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Dixie	Yes	No	No	No
Confederate States	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Dixie and Confederate States are synonyms defined as:

Dixie and Confederate States: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Other synonyms of Dixie include Confederacy, Confederate States of America, Dixieland, South.

Dixie (noun)	Confederate States (noun)
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861	the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861