Europe vs The Netherlands

Europe and The Netherlands both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Europe	Yes	No	No	No
The Netherlands	Yes	No	No	No

Europe (noun)	The Netherlands (noun)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members	a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
the nations of the European continent collectively
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles