power vs state

power and state both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of power include body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica.

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

power: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes

power (noun)	state (noun)
possession of controlling influence	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
physical strength	a politically organized body of people under a single government
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself	the territory occupied by a nation
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world	the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority	a state of depression or agitation
a very wealthy or powerful businessman	(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)
(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

power (verb)	state (verb)
supply the force or power for the functioning of	express in words
	put before
	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.