illumination vs state

state vs illumination

illumination and state both are nouns.

illumination is not a verb while state is a verb.

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

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

illumination: the degree of visibility of your environment
state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes

illumination (noun)	state (noun)
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
the luminous flux incident on a unit area	a politically organized body of people under a single government
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the degree of visibility of your environment	the territory occupied by a nation
a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination	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)

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

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