perish vs change state

perish and change state both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
perish	No	No	Yes	No
change state	No	No	Yes	No

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

perish: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
change state: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action

Other hypernyms of perish include turn.

perish (verb)	change state (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	undergo a transformation or a change of position or action