Moluccas vs island

Moluccas and island both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Moluccas	Yes	No	No	No
island	Yes	No	No	No

Moluccas (noun)	island (noun)
a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands	a zone or area resembling an island
	a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water