North America vs America

North America and America both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
North America	Yes	No	No	No
America	Yes	No	No	No

North America (noun)	America (noun)
the nations of the North American continent collectively	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
a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama	North America and South America and Central America