government vs government officials

government and government officials both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
government	Yes	No	No	No
government officials	Yes	No	No	No

government (noun)	government officials (noun)
the act of governing; exercising authority	people elected or appointed to administer a government
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
the study of government of states and other political units
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit