Pontus vs Asia Minor

Pontus and Asia Minor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Pontus	Yes	No	No	No
Asia Minor	Yes	No	No	No

Pontus (noun)	Asia Minor (noun)
an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire	a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus