change state vs decline

Other hyponyms of change state include arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken, black out, pass out, zonk out, come to, resuscitate, revive, tense, tense up, decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin, gain, put on, apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, conceive, secularise, secularize, citrate, equilibrate, fall, become, get, go, worsen, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, disengage, overgrow, concentrate, break, acetify, acidify, alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify, ionise, ionize, ossify, catalyse, catalyze, get worse, relapse, fluctuate, break loose, burst forth, explode, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, be born, cloud over, carbonise, carbonize, chill, cool, cool down, heat, heat up, hot up, carbonise, carbonize, carburise, carburize, freeze, boil, burn, combust, emaciate, Frenchify, thin, inspissate, thicken, solvate, react, dissolve, fade away, fade out, discharge, empty, fill, fill up, homogenise, homogenize, homogenise, homogenize, clabber, clot, curdle, clot, coagulate, ferment, sour, turn, work, integrate, precipitate, calcify, coke, carnify, chondrify, emulsify, denitrify, esterify, etherify, thrombose, open, open up, close, shut, sorb, take up, calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down, flourish, fly high, prosper, thrive, emancipate, liberate, get into, tangle with, liquefy, catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire.