Pacific Northwest vs Washington

Pacific Northwest and Washington both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Pacific Northwest	Yes	No	No	No
Washington	Yes	No	No	No

Pacific Northwest (noun)	Washington (noun)
a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia	the federal government of the United States
	a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia
	the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
	1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
	United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)