NE vs North Platte River

NE and North Platte River both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
NE	Yes	No	No	No
North Platte River	Yes	No	No	No

NE (noun)	North Platte River (noun)
a midwestern state on the Great Plains	a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees