People's Republic of China vs PRC

People's Republic of China and PRC both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
People's Republic of China	Yes	No	No	No
PRC	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, People's Republic of China and PRC are synonyms defined as:

People's Republic of China and PRC: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Other synonyms of People's Republic of China include Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, Red China.

People's Republic of China (noun)	PRC (noun)
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world	a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world