inch vs U.S.

inch and U.S. both are nouns.

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

inch (noun)	U.S. (noun)
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot	the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
a unit of measurement for advertising space	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

inch (verb)	U.S. (verb)
advance slowly, as if by inches