New York vs Colony

New York and Colony both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
New York	Yes	No	No	No
Colony	Yes	No	No	No

New York (noun)	Colony (noun)
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Albany	one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital New York City