Malagasy Republic vs Africa

Malagasy Republic and Africa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Malagasy Republic	Yes	No	No	No
Africa	Yes	No	No	No

Malagasy Republic (noun)	Africa (noun)
a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean