state vs territorial division

state and territorial division both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state	Yes	No	Yes	No
territorial division	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, territorial division is a hypernym of state; that is, territorial division is a word with a broader meaning than state:

Other hypernyms of state include administrative district, administrative division.

As nouns, territorial division is a hypernym of state; that is, territorial division is a word with a broader meaning than state:

state: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
territorial division: a district defined for administrative purposes

Other hypernyms of state include administrative district, administrative division.

state (noun)	territorial division (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes	a district defined for administrative purposes
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)	territorial division (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.