state vs plasma

state and plasma both are nouns.

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

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

state: (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)
plasma: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons

state (noun)	plasma (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
a politically organized body of people under a single government	(physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state	a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
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)	plasma (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.