West vs Europe

West and Europe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
West	Yes	No	No	No
Europe	Yes	No	No	No

West (noun)	Europe (noun)
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America	an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River	the nations of the European continent collectively
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
United States film actress (1892-1980)
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)