mention vs state

state vs mention

mention and state both are nouns.

mention and state both are verbs.

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

As verbs, state is a hypernym of mention; that is, state is a word with a broader meaning than mention:

mention: make mention of
state: express in words

Other hypernyms of mention include say, tell.

mention (noun)	state (noun)
an official recognition of merit	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a remark that calls attention to something or someone	a politically organized body of people under a single government
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage	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)

mention (verb)	state (verb)
make mention of	express in words
commend	put before
make reference to	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

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