state vs Samoa

state and Samoa both are nouns.

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

state (noun)	Samoa (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
a politically organized body of people under a single government	a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
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)

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