North American country vs North America

North American country and North America both are nouns.

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

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