Philippines vs country

Philippines and country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Philippines	Yes	No	No	No
country	Yes	No	No	No

Philippines (noun)	country (noun)
a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946	a politically organized body of people under a single government
an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands	the people who live in a nation or country
	the territory occupied by a nation
	an area outside of cities and towns
	a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)