Maldives vs Maldive Islands

Maldives and Maldive Islands both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Maldives	Yes	No	No	No
Maldive Islands	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Maldives and Maldive Islands are synonyms defined as:

Maldives and Maldive Islands: a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

Maldives (noun)	Maldive Islands (noun)
a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965	a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean