Mideast vs State of Israel

Mideast and State of Israel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mideast	Yes	No	No	No
State of Israel	Yes	No	No	No

Mideast (noun)	State of Israel (noun)
the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century	Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine