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state vs power

power vs state

state and power both are nouns.

state and power both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
state Yes No Yes No
power Yes No Yes No
As nouns, power is a hyponym of state; that is, power is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • power: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
Other hyponyms of state include feeling, skillfulness, cleavage, medium, ornamentation, condition, condition, status, conditionality, ground state, nationhood, situation, state of affairs, relationship, relationship, tribalism, utopia, dystopia, natural state, state of nature, wild, isomerism, degree, level, point, stage, office, position, status, being, beingness, existence, face of the earth, nonbeing, death, employ, employment, unemployment, order, disorder, antagonism, enmity, hostility, conflict, illumination, freedom, agency, delegacy, representation, dependance, dependence, dependency, motion, lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness, dead letter, non-issue, action, activeness, activity, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, temporary state, forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, preparation, preparedness, readiness, flux, state of flux, kalemia, enlargement, separation, unification, union, matureness, maturity, immatureness, immaturity, grace, saving grace, state of grace, damnation, eternal damnation, omniscience, omnipotence, flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection, integrity, unity, wholeness, imperfection, imperfectness, receivership, ownership, obligation, death, destruction, end, annulment, revocation, merchantability, turgor, homozygosity, heterozygosity, neotony, plurality, polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency, paternity, utilization, technicality.
As nouns, power is a hyponym of state; that is, power is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: a politically organized body of people under a single government
  • power: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
Other hyponyms of state include commonwealth country, developing country, Dominion, foreign country, Reich, renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state, suzerain, sea power, great power, major power, superpower, world power, city-state, city state, ally.
state (noun) power (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes possession of controlling influence
a politically organized body of people under a single government physical strength
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
the territory occupied by a nation a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
a state of depression or agitation one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
(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) a very wealthy or powerful businessman
(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
state (verb) power (verb)
express in words supply the force or power for the functioning of
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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