country vs homeland

country and homeland both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country	Yes	No	No	No
homeland	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, homeland is a hyponym of country; that is, homeland is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than country:

country (noun)	homeland (noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government	the country where you were born
the people who live in a nation or country
the territory occupied by a nation
an area outside of cities and towns
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)