East vs Asia

East and Asia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
East	Yes	No	No	No
Asia	Yes	No	No	No

East (noun)	Asia (noun)
the countries of Asia	the nations of the Asian continent collectively
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River	the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations