mete vs state boundary

mete and state boundary both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mete	Yes	No	No	No
state boundary	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, state boundary is a hyponym of mete; that is, state boundary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mete:

Other hyponyms of mete include circuit, circumference, fence line, property line, state line.

mete (noun)	state boundary (noun)
a line that indicates a boundary	the boundary between two states