Europe vs West

Europe and West both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Europe	Yes	No	No	No
West	Yes	No	No	No

Europe (noun)	West (noun)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members	the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
the nations of the European continent collectively	the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
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	English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
	United States film actress (1892-1980)
	British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)