state vs premise

premise vs state

state and premise both are nouns.

state and premise both are verbs.

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

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

state: express in words
premise: furnish with a preface or introduction

Other hyponyms of state include lay out, present, represent, misstate, answer, reply, respond, introduce, precede, preface, announce, declare, articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, get out, declare, declare, mention, note, observe, remark, add, append, supply, explain, give, sum, sum up, summarise, summarize.

state (noun)	premise (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
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)	premise (verb)
express in words	take something as preexisting and given
put before	set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.	furnish with a preface or introduction

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