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change state vs get worse

get worse vs change state

change state and get worse both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change state No No Yes No
get worse No No Yes No
As verbs, get worse is a hyponym of change state; that is, get worse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change state:
  • change state: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  • get worse: deteriorate in health
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, decline, worsen, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, disengage, overgrow, concentrate, break, acetify, acidify, alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify, ionise, ionize, ossify, catalyse, catalyze, 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.
change state (verb) get worse (verb)
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action deteriorate in health
Difference between change state and get worse

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