Gulf War vs war

Gulf War and war both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gulf War	Yes	No	No	No
war	Yes	No	Yes	No

Gulf War (noun)	war (noun)
a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991	the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution	a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
	an active struggle between competing entities
	a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

Gulf War (verb)	war (verb)
	make or wage war