Northerner vs U.S.

Northerner and U.S. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Northerner	Yes	No	No	No
U.S.	Yes	No	No	No

Northerner (noun)	U.S. (noun)
an inhabitant of the North	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)	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