department vs state

department and state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
department	Yes	No	No	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

department (noun)	state (noun)
a specialized sphere of knowledge	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a specialized division of a large organization	a politically organized body of people under a single government
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
	the territory occupied by a nation
	the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
	a state of depression or agitation
	(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

department (verb)	state (verb)
	express in words
	put before
	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.