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change state vs tense

tense vs change state

change state is not a noun while tense is a noun.

change state is not an adjective while tense is an adjective.

change state and tense both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
change state No No Yes No
tense Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, tense is a hyponym of change state; that is, tense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change state:
  • change state: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  • tense: become tense, nervous, or uneasy
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 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, 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 (noun) tense (noun)
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
change state (adjective) tense (adjective)
taut or rigid; stretched tight
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
change state (verb) tense (verb)
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
increase the tension on
become stretched or tense or taut
Difference between change state and tense

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