element vs state of affairs

state of affairs vs element

element and state of affairs both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
element	Yes	No	No	No
state of affairs	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, state of affairs is a hypernym of element; that is, state of affairs is a word with a broader meaning than element:

element: the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
state of affairs: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

Other hypernyms of element include situation.

element (noun)	state of affairs (noun)
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system	the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
an abstract part of something
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

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