administrative division vs state

state vs administrative division

administrative division and state both are nouns.

administrative division is not a verb while state is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
administrative division	Yes	No	No	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, state is a hyponym of administrative division; that is, state is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than administrative division:

administrative division: a district defined for administrative purposes
state: the territory occupied by a nation

Other hyponyms of administrative division include borough, canton, city, commune, country, land, county, county palatine, department, federal district, reservation, reserve, school district, shire, municipality, prefecture, province, town, township, ward, disputed state, partially-recognized state, state with limited recognition, unrecognized state, Governorate-General.

administrative division (noun)	state (noun)
a district defined for administrative purposes	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)

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

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