cross-fertilise vs change state

cross-fertilise and change state both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cross-fertilise	No	No	Yes	No
change state	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, change state is a hypernym of cross-fertilise; that is, change state is a word with a broader meaning than cross-fertilise:

Other hypernyms of cross-fertilise include turn.

cross-fertilise (verb)	change state (verb)
cause to undergo cross-fertilization	undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile