James Cook vs Cook

James Cook and Cook both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
James Cook	Yes	No	No	No
Cook	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, James Cook and Cook are synonyms defined as:

James Cook and Cook: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Other synonyms of James Cook include Captain Cook, Captain James Cook.

James Cook (noun)	Cook (noun)
English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)	English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)