plasma vs state

plasma and state both are nouns.

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

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

plasma: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
state: (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)

Other hypernyms of plasma include state of matter.

plasma (noun)	state (noun)
the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons	a politically organized body of people under a single government
a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone	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)

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