New York State vs U.S.

New York State and U.S. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
New York State	Yes	No	No	No
U.S.	Yes	No	No	No

New York State (noun)	U.S. (noun)
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Albany	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776