Schenectady vs New York State

Schenectady and New York State both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Schenectady	Yes	No	No	No
New York State	Yes	No	No	No

Schenectady (noun)	New York State (noun)
a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal	a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Albany