Samoa vs state

Samoa and state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Samoa	Yes	No	No	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

Samoa (noun)	state (noun)
a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop	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)

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