North Platte River vs NE

North Platte River and NE both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
North Platte River	Yes	No	No	No
NE	Yes	No	No	No

North Platte River (noun)	NE (noun)
a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River	a midwestern state on the Great Plains
	the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees