state vs South American country

South American country vs state

state and South American country both are nouns.

state is a verb but South American country is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
South American country	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, South American country is a hyponym of state; that is, South American country is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:

state: the territory occupied by a nation
South American country: any one of the countries occupying the South American continent

Other hyponyms of state include banana republic, country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land, buffer country, buffer state, kingdom, tax haven, European country, European nation, African country, African nation, Asian country, Asian nation, South American nation, North American country, North American nation, sultanate.

state (noun)	South American country (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
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)

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

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