premise vs state

state vs premise

premise and state both are nouns.

premise and state both are verbs.

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

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

premise: furnish with a preface or introduction
state: express in words

Other hypernyms of premise include say, tell.

premise (noun)	state (noun)
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	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)

premise (verb)	state (verb)
take something as preexisting and given	express in words
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation	put before
furnish with a preface or introduction	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

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