South vs South Carolina

South and South Carolina both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
South	Yes	No	No	No
South Carolina	Yes	No	No	No

South (noun)	South Carolina (noun)
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861	a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line	one of the British colonies that formed the United States, with capital Charles Towne