Kingdom of Lesotho vs African country

Kingdom of Lesotho and African country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Kingdom of Lesotho	Yes	No	No	No
African country	Yes	No	No	No

Kingdom of Lesotho (noun)	African country (noun)
a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966	any one of the countries occupying the African continent