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change state vs open up

open up vs change state

change state and open up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change state No No Yes No
open up No No Yes No
As verbs, open up is a hyponym of change state; that is, open up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change state:
  • change state: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  • open up: become open
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, 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, 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) open up (verb)
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action make available
become available
talk freely and without inhibition
cause to open or to become open
become open
open up an area or prepare a way
start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
Difference between change state and open up

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