ownership vs state

state vs ownership

ownership and state both are nouns.

ownership is not a verb while state is a verb.

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

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

ownership: the state or fact of being an owner
state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes

ownership (noun)	state (noun)
the act of having and controlling property	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others	a politically organized body of people under a single government
the state or fact of being an owner	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)

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

Difference between ownership and state

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