Mississippi vs Gulf States

Mississippi and Gulf States both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mississippi	Yes	No	No	No
Gulf States	Yes	No	No	No

Mississippi (noun)	Gulf States (noun)
a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War	a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico	the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf