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state vs city-state

city-state vs state

state and city-state both are nouns.

state is a verb but city-state is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
state Yes No Yes No
city-state Yes No No No
As nouns, city-state is a hyponym of state; that is, city-state is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • city-state: a state consisting of a sovereign city
state (noun) city-state (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes a state consisting of a sovereign city
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) city-state (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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