the States vs St. Lawrence

the States and St. Lawrence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
the States	Yes	No	No	No
St. Lawrence	Yes	No	No	No

the States (noun)	St. Lawrence (noun)
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	a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
	Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)