come alive vs change state

come alive and change state both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come alive	No	No	Yes	No
change state	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, change state is a hypernym of come alive; that is, change state is a word with a broader meaning than come alive:

Other hypernyms of come alive include turn.

come alive (verb)	change state (verb)
stop sleeping	undergo a transformation or a change of position or action