Hunan province vs state

Hunan province and state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hunan province	Yes	No	No	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

Hunan province (noun)	state (noun)
a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
	the territory occupied by a nation
	the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
	a state of depression or agitation
	(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

Hunan province (verb)	state (verb)
	express in words
	put before
	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.