Russia vs empire

Russia and empire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Russia	Yes	No	No	No
empire	Yes	No	No	No

Russia (noun)	empire (noun)
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991	a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia	a group of countries under a single authority
a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917	a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state	the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised