North America vs U.S.

North America and U.S. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
North America	Yes	No	No	No
U.S.	Yes	No	No	No

North America (noun)	U.S. (noun)
the nations of the North American continent collectively	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama	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