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government vs state

state vs government

government and state both are nouns.

government is not a verb while state is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
government Yes No No No
state Yes No Yes No
As nouns, state is a hyponym of government; that is, state is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than government:
  • government: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  • state: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
Other hyponyms of government include authoritarian regime, authoritarian state, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime.
government (noun) state (noun)
the act of governing; exercising authority the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed a politically organized body of people under a single government
the study of government of states and other political units the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit 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)
government (verb) state (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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