war vs Chino-Japanese War

war and Chino-Japanese War both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
war	Yes	No	Yes	No
Chino-Japanese War	Yes	No	No	No

war (noun)	Chino-Japanese War (noun)
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy	a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
an active struggle between competing entities
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

war (verb)	Chino-Japanese War (verb)
make or wage war