Kenya vs African country

Kenya and African country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Kenya	Yes	No	No	No
African country	Yes	No	No	No

Kenya (noun)	African country (noun)
a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya	any one of the countries occupying the African continent