Yosemite vs U.S.

Yosemite and U.S. both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Yosemite	Yes	No	No	No
U.S.	Yes	No	No	No

Yosemite (noun)	U.S. (noun)
a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776