reply vs state

reply and state both are nouns.

reply and state both are verbs.

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

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

reply: react verbally
state: express in words

Other hypernyms of reply include say, tell.

reply (noun)	state (noun)
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation	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)

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

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