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state vs stillness

stillness vs state

state and stillness both are nouns.

state is a verb but stillness is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
state Yes No Yes No
stillness Yes No No No
As nouns, stillness is a hyponym of state; that is, stillness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • stillness: a state of no motion or movement
state (noun) stillness (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes (poetic) tranquil silence
a politically organized body of people under a single government calmness without winds
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state a state of no motion or movement
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) stillness (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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