Sunshine State vs Florida

Sunshine State and Florida both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Sunshine State	Yes	No	No	No
Florida	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Sunshine State and Florida are synonyms defined as:

Sunshine State and Florida: a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Other synonyms of Sunshine State include Everglade State, FL, Fla..

Sunshine State (noun)	Florida (noun)
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War	a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War