IR vs U.K.

IR and U.K. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
IR	Yes	No	No	No
U.K.	Yes	No	No	No

IR (noun)	U.K. (noun)
a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom